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Step Four: Put It All Together

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CHAPTER 31 STUDY GUIDE

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

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THE END OF THE COLD WAR How did U.S. foreign policy change after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union? How did U.S. economic policy change after 1992?	DOMESTIC REFORM How did domestic reforms of the Clinton administration affect lower-income people in the United States? Why have the reforms of the Obama administration created intense disagreement among lawmakers and U.S. citizens?
THE POST-9/11 WORLD How were international relations between the United States and other nations affected by the events of September 11, 2001? How did 9/11 affect Americans in the decade that followed?	LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD Compare and contrast the place of the United States in the world in 1900 and in 2013. Defend or refute the following statement: In fifty years’ time, the United States will still be the most powerful nation in the world.