AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes
9.7: Causation in Period 9
AP US History Guided Notes
AMSCO 9.7 - Causation in Period 9
Learning Objectives
- Explain the relative significance of the effects of change in the period after 1980 on American national identity.
I. Causation in Period 9
1. How did the migration to the Sun Belt after 1980 challenge the cultural norms of the Northeast and Midwest?
2. What fears did changes in immigration patterns spark among older White majorities about American national identity?
A. Economic Division
1. What economic benefits had lower- and middle-class Americans gained in previous decades, and what factors changed this after 1980?
2. How did new technology, globalization, and pro-business policies affect the distribution of economic growth benefits?
3. What regional and class divisions resulted from the unequal distribution of economic growth in the post-1980 period?
B. Foreign Affairs
1. How did the end of the Cold War change the nature of military threats facing the United States?
2. Why did large-scale American military involvement in the Middle East after 2001 seem inappropriate to many Americans?
1. What three different roles for the United States in world affairs divided American opinion in this period?