Many Americans took great pleasure in Barack Obama’s noting the importance of science, and the importance of heeding science, in his inaugural address.
In April he attended an annual meeting of the poobahs at the National Academy of Sciences, one of the world’s premiere science organizations and the backbone and guts of the science movement that drove American prosperity and security in the 20th century. Historians will want to note especially the history President Obama recounted in the first few minutes of the speech.
Can we use video for DBQs in AP courses yet? Here’s one to use.
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