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U.S. History: Major Events 2011-2016

Explore significant events in U.S. history from 2011-2016, including the passage of the Affordable Health Care Act, the BP oil rig explosion, Occupy Wall Street movement, Osama Bin Laden's death, Steve Jobs' passing, and more.

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U.S. History: Major Events 2011-2016

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  1. U.S. History – Unit 8 Time Period #8 2011-2016

  2. 2010 • Affordable Health Care Act (Obama Care) passes. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am8g-IrI8JA • BP oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvuzuyEKLd8

  3. 2010 • “Occupy Wall Street” movement starts in NYC. To stand against corporate greed, social inequality, and the disproportion between the rich and poor. (1% vs. 99%) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFOWci6yrSs

  4. 2011 • Osama Bin Laden found and killed in Pakistan. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJFra3B9sbA • In Tucson, Arizona a gunman opens fire at a constituent meeting led by US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords injuring 14, including Giffords, and killing 6. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oqIadJE6GE

  5. 2011 • Steve Jobs dies at the age of 56. He was an American computer engineer, who co-founded in 1976 Apple Inc., • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5SMyfbWYyE

  6. 2012 • Obama re-elected as President. • 2012 Summer Olympics: Michael Phelps wins a record 19th Olympic medal • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLhTCwor1YQ • Sandy Hook Elementary shooting in Newtown, CT kills 26 people, including 20 children between the ages of six and seven.

  7. 2012 • American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya attacked. • Four killed including US Ambassador Christopher Stevens • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MBjAN7jqsQ

  8. 2013 • Two brothers explode two bombs at the Boston Marathon killing 3 and injuring 264 others. Caught and later convicted in 2015. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBC_eumlVts • National Anthem Boston Bruins • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzMsagY7oRs

  9. 2014 • One World Trade Center opens 13 years after 9/11. The new building is 1,776 feet high. • 9/11 Memorial is opened • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRw7UaHRkyo

  10. 2015 • Measles Cases spread in the US (over 100 cases), tracked backed to Disneyland. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtx84JPk6Xo • Protests and riots break out in Ferguson, Baltimore, New York, and Cleveland due to deaths of Black men at the hands of police • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vF4si3hoRA

  11. 2015 • Boston Marathon Bomber sentenced to death • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5XlSW2suvQ 2015 remembered • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe4G2rQ4_oQ • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7o7R5BgWDY

  12. 2016 in Review • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyfYneuAr8I

  13. 2018 You graduate!

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