| USA IN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 'Contemporary America' |
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| Wpisał: Patrycja Kędzierska klasa IB | |
| 01.06.2008. | |
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A study of CONTEMPORARY AMERICA: 1960-2002. by Patrycja Kędzierska and Agnieszka Nabiałek, Class I B, 2007-2008. The United States ended the war in Vietnam in 1973. However, in internal affairs, Nixon’s credibility was destroyed by the Watergate scandal. Prominent members of the Republican party were found guilty of ‘bugging’ the Democratic party headquarters in the Watergate building in Washington D.C. The scandal eventually forced Nixon to resign.
Reagan made massive budget reductions and substantial tax cuts. Runaway inflation, which had been inherited from previous administrations, was halted. Millions of new jobs were created and in June 1988 the unemployment rate was only 5,2%. By the time he left office, the US had recovered economic prosperity.
George Herbert Walker Bush was Reagan’s political heir. In 1988, he became the first sitting Vice-president since Martin Van Buren in 1836 to be elected President of the United States. Bush continued the economic policies of Ronald Reagan. While Reagan and Bush presided, the communist regimes collapsed in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
8.When was Bill Clinton elected President? Bill Clinton (Democrat) defeated George Bush and became the 42nd President of the United States in 1992. In 1996 he was re-elected, although the Republicans retained control of both Houses of Congress.
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The current President of the United States is George W. Bush, a Republican from Texas, and the son of the 41st US President. On 2 November, 2004, after a close and bitter race that polarized Americans, George W. Bush won a second term over the Democratic candidate John Kerry.
Just as the great depression resulted in tidal wave of ideological change, so did American involvement in WWII. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. may also have a lasting impact.
America’s doctrine of the war against terror says that the United States should not differentiate between terrorist groups and the governments that support them. In domestic policy President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act of 2003, which promotes early learning , measures student performance, gives options over failing schools, and ensures more resources for schools. 11.What happened on 11 September, 2001? On 11 September,2001, America suffered unimaginable terrorist attack on both the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
You can see how Sept. 11, 2001 impacted American society every time you enter an airport and go through security.
After the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, the President announced a global war on terrorism requiring the collective instruments of the entire federal government to counter the threat of terrorism. Ongoing military and diplomatic operations overseas, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan, constitute a key part of it. These operations, involve a wide variety of activities, such as combating insurgents, civil affairs, capacity building, infrastructure reconstruction, and training military forces of other nations. Agnieszka Nabiałek On the basis of AN INTRODUCTION TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA by Andrzej Diniejko |
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