An American History

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CHAPTER REVIEW ★^1155


  1. In what ways did American leaders and citizens draw lessons from Vietnam when
    considering U.S. involvement in Iraq?

  2. What does the war on terrorism suggest about the tension between freedom and security
    as priorities of the United States?

  3. What were the goals and impact of the Bush Administration’s economic policies?

  4. How did Supreme Court decisions since 2001 indicate that the rights revolution was
    here to stay?

  5. What were the political and social effects of Hurricane Katrina? Which were lasting?

  6. In what ways did the Obama Administration diverge from the policies of other recent
    administrations? In what ways was it similar?

  7. How did the 2012 election reveal changes in American political and social practices? How
    did it represent continuities?

  8. What is meant by “American exceptionalism”? In what ways is the United States
    different from the rest of the world and how is it similar?


KEY TERMS
Kyoto Protocol (p. 1111)
Bush Doctrine (p. 1112)
war on terrorism (p. 1112)
war in Afghanistan (p. 1113)
Iraq War (p. 1116)
USA Patriot Act (p. 1117)
Guantánamo Bay (p. 1118)
Hurricane Katrina (p. 1121)
Obergefell v. Hodges (p. 1126)

Great Recession (p. 1129)
Sonia Sotomayor (p. 1137)
Gulf oil spill (p. 1137)
Occupy Wall Street (p. 1140)
Black Lives Matter (p. 1143)
ISIS (p. 1146)
Edward Snowden (p. 1147)
Tea Party (p. 1147)
American exceptionalism (p. 1152)

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