warm up: what was the biggest threat to america during the cold war? what is the biggest threat to...
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Warm Up:
•What was the biggest threat to America during the Cold War?
•What is the biggest threat to America today?
End of the Cold War
SALT (Strategic Nuclear Arms Limitation Talks)
• Goal to reduce # of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
INF 1987(Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty
• Reduced short range nuclear weapons
End of the Cold War
Berlin Wall falls (1989)• Berlin and Germany
reunited
- Warsaw Pact nations break from Communism
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty 1991
• Resulted in the removal of 80% of nuclear weapons
End of the Cold War
• Soviet Union dissolved 1991
• Elections in Russia 1996
- Boris Yeltsin, non-communist, elected
Terrorism
• is the systematic use or threatened use of violence to intimidate a population or government and thereby effect political, religious, or ideological change
TerrorismPan Am Flight 103 (1988) • plane blown up over
Lockerbie, Scotland• 243 killed
World Trade Center (1993)• Al Qaeda• 6 killed, over 1,000
injured
Terrorism
Oklahoma City Federal Building (1995)
• American terrorist• 168 killed
Terrorism
Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (1998)
• Al Qaeda• 258 killed
USS Cole (2000) • Al Qaeda• 17 killed
Terrorism
9/11/2001 • Al Qaeda Terrorist
attack World Trade Center and Pentagon
• killing over 3,000 Americans
U.S. Declares War of Terror
Department of Homeland Security
• Goal to protect America from future terrorist attacks.
• Combined 22 federal agencies into 1 department.
Transportation Security Administration
• protects airports, ports, and railroads.
Middle East
Camp David Accords (1979)• Peace between Egypt and Israel ended 30
years of war. • Israel returned land to Egypt• Egypt recognized Israel as a nation.Hostage Crisis in Iran (1979) • Iranians take control of US embassy• Americans held hostage for 444 days
Middle East
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
• U.S. supports both sides by selling weapons.
Persian Gulf War (1990-1991)
• Iraq invaded Kuwait
• U.S. led U.N coalition to liberate Kuwait
Middle East
Afghanistan War (2001-Present) • U.S. and NATO allies launched war following
9/11 attacks to remove Al-Qaeda save haven• Taliban overthrown• Attempting to help establish democracy in
Afghanistan• 1,613 Americans killed in action• The Afghan War is now the longest war in U.S.
history
Middle East
Iraq War (2003- Present)
• U.S. invaded Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction.
- None ever found
• Saddam Hussein overthrown
• Attempting to help establish democracy in Iraq.
• 4,454 Americans killed in action
THE WAR IN IRAQ HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE
TERRORIST ATTACKS OF 9/11/2001
THE WAR IN IRAQ HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE
TERRORIST ATTACKS OF 9/11/2001
As a class:
Trade
NAFTA –North American Free Trade Agreement
• Ends tariffs on products traded between US, Canada and Mexico
WTO - World Trade Organization
• makes rules that govern trade
Trade deficit
• U.S. imports more goods than it exports
Energy
• Dependency on foreign oil- US imports 67% of its oil• US oil reserves (oil in America) would only last
3.5 years under current consumption• US consumes 25% of worlds total oil• US has 25% of worlds carbon emissions (carbon
footprint)• US makes up 4.5% of world population• Carbon emissions are the cause of global
warming
Energy
Solutions?
Conservation• reduce energy, drive more fuel efficient cars,
use less electricity
Alternative Energy• wind, solar, hydroelectric• Ethanol- fuel made from corn, sugar and and
other plants• Nuclear Energy