POINTS TO KNOW Chp. 32
AP History Students should be able to explain:
1. The issue of violent crime in America and the use politicians have made of it.
2. Events leading to the end of the Cold War.
3. The problems confronting the first President Bush.
4. The causes and consequences of the war in the Persian Gulf.
5. The factors leading the decline in Bush’s popularity.
6. How some of the traits that helped Clinton win the election hindered his ability to govern
effectively.
7. The issues that led to the Republican victory in the congressional elections of 1994.
8. The reasons for the unpopularity of the Republican Congress.
9. The factors leading to Clinton’s reelection in 1996.
10. Factors that led some to conclude that the racial divide in America was growing.
11. Events leading to the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
12. Clinton’s mixed legacy.
13. The reasons for the economic boom of the 1990s and for its collapse.
14. The events of the 2000 presidential election.
15. The growing role of terrorism in the 1980s and 1990s.
16. Events surrounding the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and their
aftermath.
17. America’s war on terror.
18. The outcome and significance of the election of 2004.
19. Problems in the Middle East and East Asia.
20. The debates over immigration reform.
21. Issues surrounding Hurricane Katrina.
22. The insurgency in Iraq.
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