US History - Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47

Dive into American History: From Founding Moments to Modern Times with Crash Course!

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What you'll learn

Understand the impact of European colonization on Native American societies
Explain the causes and outcomes of the American Revolution
Analyze the influence of the Industrial Revolution on American society
Evaluate key civil rights movements and their impact on modern U.S. history

This course includes

10.5 hours of video
Certificate of completion
Access on mobile and TV

Summary

Keywords

George W Bush Barack Obama Obamacare Affordable Care Act Patient Protection Health Insurance Recession Lehman Brothers 2008 2009 election Obama

Full Transcript

In which John Green teaches you about recent history. By which we mean VERY recent history. John covers the end of George W. Bush's administration presidency of Barack Obama (so far). Some people would say, "It's too soon to try to interpret the historical importance of such recent events!" To those people, we answer, "You're right." Nonetheless, it's worthwhile to take a look at the America we live in right now as a way of looking back at how far we've come. Anyway, John will teach you about Obama's election, some of his policies like the Affordable Care Act, the 2009 stimulus, and the continuation of the war on terror. If you still can't reconcile a history course teaching such recent stuff, just think of this one as a current events episode. Hey teachers and students - Check out CommonLit's free collection of reading passages and curriculum resources to learn more about the events of this episode. President Barack Obama leaned into discussions on race in his 2013 remarks on the Trayvon Martin ruling: https://www.commonlit.org/texts/president-obama-s-remarks-on-trayvon-martin-ruling President Obama responded to economic inequality and partisanship in his 2015 State of the Union Address: https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/president-obama-s-2015-state-of-the-union-address Chapters: Introduction 00:00 The 2008 Financial Crash 0:42 The Housing Bubble 1:37 The Stock Market Crash 3:30 Rising Unemployment 3:50 Big Bank Bailouts 4:21 The End of the Bush Years 5:09 Barack Obama 5:28 Mystery Document 6:22 Obama's Campaign Promises 7:38 Economic Recovery 9:36 The Affordable Care Act/"Obamacare" 10:38 Backlash Against Obama & The Tea Party 11:47 Obama's Second Term 12:50 Ideological Questions 13:27 Credits 14:51 Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids