welcome to ap american government! - mr. baldwin grab a syllabus and find a seat

Welcome to AP American Government!

- Mr. BaldwinGrab a syllabus and find a seat.

Meet Mr. Baldwin

• 21st year @ BHS• Coach football and track• IWU (’92) and ISU (’99) alum• Cub fan (they stunk last year)

Bears fan (they stink too, not a Cutler fan)

• Chris, my wife, teaches kindergarten at Stevenson

• 3 children• Traveling, reading, yelling at

football players• Dave Matthews Band, Jimmy

Buffet, Zac Brown Band• Boardwalk Empire, House of

Cards, Peaky Blinders, History Channel.

• Democrat (but I did vote for Dan Brady)

AP GovernmentClass website• http://staff.district87.org/baldwinr/AP%20Government/AP

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Why do 48% of Americans disapprove of President Obama

Shouldn’t his popularity be increasing?

2009• October unemployment

rate – 10%.• Jan. 20th (the day Obama

took office) Dow Jones Rate – 7,949.

• 150,000 American troops in Iraq.

• 34,400 American troops in Afghanistan.

Today• Unemployment rate –

5.8%.• Jan. 2nd Dow Jones Rate

– 17,832.• 3,000 American troops in

Iraq (most advisors in ISIS fight).

• 9,800 American troops in Afghanistan.