The document summarizes major events in the United States from 1991 to the present. It discusses the presidencies of Reagan, Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr., and Obama. Key events covered include the Gulf War under Bush Sr., impeachment of President Clinton, the 9/11 terrorist attacks under Bush Jr., and military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also mentions domestic issues like Reaganomics, the Moral Majority movement, and Clinton's attempted health care reform.
1. L I F E S I N C E T H E C O L D W A R : 1 9 9 1 T O T O D A Y
The Contemporary World
2. Moral Majority and Reaganomics
The Conservative
Agenda
Reagan’s Policies
influence President Bush
3. Involvement in the Middle East
Bush’s campaign
promise: “Read my lips,
no new taxes”
Dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein
Troops in the Gulf War
4. Q 1 . W H O S U C C E E D E D R E A G A N A S
P R E S I D E N T ? W H A T W A S H I S M A J O R
F O R E I G N P O L I C Y I S S U E ?
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6. Q 2 .
T R U E O R F A L S E : P R E S I D E N T C L I N T O N W A S
I M P E A C H E D .
E X P L A I N Y O U R A N S W E R .
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8. 9/11/01
4 airplanes, 4 targets
Right: 2 hit the Twin
Towers of the World
Trade Center
Bottom Right: 1 flew
into the side of the
Pentagon Building
Bottom Left: 1 crashed
in a field outside of
Pennsylvania (perhaps
headed to the White
House)
9. War on Terror
Osama Bin Laden
Soldiers in Afghanistan for
Operation Enduring Freedom
Saddam
Hussein on
trial for
crimes
against
humanity
10. Q 3 . P R E S I D E N T B U S H D E S C R I B E D T H E W A R
O N T E R R O R A S A T H R E E F R O N T W A R .
W H A T W E R E T H E F R O N T S A N D W H A T D I D
H E M E A N ?
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11. Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israel: Friend or Foe?
“The Israelis believe that
they are entitled to the
land now known as
Israel, while the
Palestinians believe that
they are entitled to the
land they call Palestine.
Unfortunately, both
sides claim the same
land; they simply call the
land by different names
(Lee).”
12. Q 4 . S H O U L D T H E U S S U P P O R T I S R A E L ?
W H Y / W H Y N O T ?
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14. Obama Presidency So Far
Ending War
Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Obama and
advisors watch
attack on Bin Laden
compound from
situation room
15. Q 5 . H O W W I L L B A R A C K O B A M A B E
R E M E M B E R E D B Y H I S T O R Y ? W H Y ?
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17. C L I C K H E R E T O C O M P L E T E T H E F O L L O W I N G
S L I D E C A S T S U M M A R Y S U R V E Y A S E V I D E N C E
O F Y O U R C O M P L E T I O N
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