American Foreign Policy After the Cold War (1991- Present) US History
Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Middle East & Oil Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Long Term Implications? Creation of Israel (1947-48) Holocaust US Support for Israel Wars War of Independence (1948) Suez Crisis (1956) Six Day War (1967) Yom Kippur War (1973) Long Term Implications?
UN Plan 1947 Israel 1973
Impact of the End of the Cold War
Post Cold War Foreign Policy - Uncertainty Should the US be the police of the world? Iraq 1- video Yugoslavia/Balkans Humanitarian Mission Somalia (92-94) Rwanda
9/11 Attacks (Crash Course #46: 4:18-6:40) Al Qaeda/Osama Bin Laden What should the US do?
The War on Terror (Crash Course #46: 6:40-9:45) Homeland Security Department of Homeland Security Patriot Act (documents) The Bush Doctrine/Pre-emptive War War in Afghanistan vs. Taliban (2001) War in Iraq vs. Saddam Hussein (2003)
Discussion Questions: Should the US be the police force of the world? Are large wars the best strategy for fighting terrorists? Do you agree with the decisions to invade Afghanistan and Iraq? Do you agree with limiting civil liberties in a time of “crisis”?
Post It Quiz Write a 6 question matching quiz using the following terms: First Iraq War (Persian Gulf War), Balkan Crisis, 9/11, George W. Bush, Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Patriot Act, Department of Homeland Security, War in Afghanistan, Second Iraq War
Former Yugoslavia/Balkans
Attack on NYC World Trade Center
Attack on the Pentagon
Flight 93
Osama Bin Laden
War in Afghanistan
War in Iraq
Patriot Act
Saddam Hussein & Kuwait
Somalia