1) Please watch the videos and answer the following questions:

What do you think of the 2000 election and the race between Al Gore and George W Bush? Did this election appear stolen to you? What are your thoughts and opinions?

The events of September 11th changed the nation. Bush led the federal government's expansion with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security and passing the Patriot Act. What do you think about this post-9/11 world?

What do you think about George W Bush's expansion of prescription drug coverage under Medicare? Do you believe that the legislation might have looked different under a Democratic administration? Why or why not?

Do you think that Social Security should be privatized? Is this "foolproof" or risky?

The 2008 stock market collapse was disastrous for the nation and the world. Did we learn our lessons>

2) Please watch the videos and answer the following questions:

What did you think of the election of Barack Obama? Do you believe that we achieved a "post-racial" world, or did things seem to get worse?

Do you think that Obama gets the credit he deserves for turning the economy around and saving the American automobile industry?

What do you think of the Affordable Care Act? Do you believe that this is monumental?