USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[SOURCES]
President Obama suggests that our country should-

(A) not try to change the past

(B) resist challenges in the future

(C) avoid the new and the old

(D) ** not give in to old ideas

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Obama signed many landmark bills into law during his first two years in office. The main reforms include: the Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as “the ACA” or “Obamacare", the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010.

Concept note-2: -Obama addressed the subjects of racial tensions, white privilege, and race and inequality in the United States, discussing black “anger", white “resentment", and other issues as he sought to explain and contextualize Wright’s controversial comments.