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Modern America

Modern America. 1989-2000’s. George H.W. Bush: 1989-1993. “Read my lips, No new taxes!”. Bush and Foreign Policy. December 1989 invasion of Panama Manuel Noriega. “Rock n Roll” at the Vatican Embassy. Tianamen Square - 1989. Fall of the Berlin Wall-1989.

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Modern America

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  1. Modern America 1989-2000’s

  2. George H.W. Bush: 1989-1993 • “Read my lips, No new taxes!”

  3. Bush and Foreign Policy • December 1989 invasion of Panama • Manuel Noriega • “Rock n Roll” at the Vatican Embassy

  4. Tianamen Square - 1989

  5. Fall of the Berlin Wall-1989

  6. Collapse of the Soviet Union- 1991

  7. Operation Desert Storm- 1991

  8. Exxon Valdez

  9. Bill Clinton: 1993-2001 • First Baby Boomer President…. • “It’s the Economy, Stupid” • Attempts at a National Healthcare System - Hillary Clinton - failed

  10. Welfare to Work.. • Brady Bill… • Federal Debt Reduction….

  11. NAFTA- North American Free Trade Agreement

  12. Clinton’s Foreign Policy • Somalia 1993 • Haiti 1994 • Middle East

  13. Balkan Genocide 1990’s • Slobodan Milosevic dictator of Serbia… • U.S./NATO bombing of Bosnia and Kosovo

  14. Clinton’s Scandals • Whitewater • Travelgate • Filegate • Sexual Harassment charges while Governor of Arkansas… • Monica Lewinsky

  15. Election of 2000

  16. Vote hinges on Florida • Democrats ask for a recount • “Hanging Chads” • Bush v. Gore (2000) • Closest election since 1876

  17. George W. Bush – 42nd President • “Solid South” now firmly Republican… • 2001 Tax Cuts… • 2001 Recession…

  18. September 11, 2001 • al Qaeda hijacks 4 commercial jets • 2 are crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in NYC one at 8:46am and one at 9:03am. • Both buildings collapse within 2 hours • 2,974 people die in these attacks

  19. Jet #3 crashes into the Pentagon at 9:37am Jet #4 was headed for the U.S. capitol………………………………………………………………………………Shanksville, PA 10:03 am

  20. “Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group…has been found, stopped, and defeated.” George W. Bush September 20, 2001

  21. U.S. led coalition … “Bush Doctrine”… Afghanistan: October 7, 2001- Present

  22. Failed to capture Osama bin Laden…. Continued opium production… Resurgence of Taliban activity in remote areas… Obama has stated that more troops will be sent to Afghanistan Problems:

  23. “Enemy combatants” who have been captured during the War on Terrorism… Allegations of human rights abuses… President Obama… Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

  24. U.S. led multinational force invades Iraq… “Shock & Awe” tactics…. Iraq: March 20, 2003- Present

  25. Saddam Hussein’s government is toppled quickly ….

  26. Captured in Dec. 2003 Placed on trial by the govt. of Iraq for “crimes against humanity” – murder, torture, illegal arrests, etc. Executed by hanging in Dec. 2006

  27. No significant weapons of mass destruction (wmds) were found… Insurgents (including al-Qaeda linked groups use car bombings, terrorism, and urban fighting to extend the conflict U.S. troop “surge” to decrease the violence…

  28. Conflict between groups within Iraq… Length of the war… Media coverage… Popular support for the war in the U.S. erodes quickly…

  29. Election of 2008

  30. March 2009 the Obama administration replaced the phrase “War on Terrorism” with “Overseas Contingency Operation” Individual acts of terror are now known as “man caused disasters”

  31. Election of 2012

  32. Important Women in American Society • Sandra Day O’Connor

  33. Sally Ride

  34. Geraldine Ferraro

  35. Hillary Clinton

  36. Condoleeza Rice

  37. Nancy Pelosi

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