1. Modern Day America: Gulf War & War on Terrorism

2. Richard Nixon 1.Who was Richard Nixon? - President in 1968 who improved relations with two of the largest communist countries, China and Russia; countries began trading with U.S again and Russia signed agreement to limit nuclear weapons each country made

3. 2. What happened in the Watergate scandal? - Several of Nixon’s campaign workers broke into the Watergate building to steal information from the Democrats; in 1974 Nixon resigned as President because of this scandal. 3. What event caused inflation in the 1970s? -oil producing counties produced less oil so oil prices went up; this increased the price of fuel simply because the U.S took Israel’s side when Egypt and Syria decided to attack Israel

4. Rights Movements of the 1970s 4. What amendment did the National Organization of Women want to make to the Constitution? - The Equal Rights Amendment, a national Law that said that men and women would be treated equally

5. 5. In what ways did the women’s movement succeed? - more women served in state legislatures; most states adopted laws requiring that men and women be paid equally for the same kind of work; many women began holding jobs that had been open only to men. 6. What were two goals of the Indian Rights Movement? - American Indians wanted more control over their reservations; they wanted the U.S government to honor its treaties with them

6. 7. What is a migrant worker? - a person who moves from place to place to find work, mostly on farms; big companies paid migrant workers very little and did not provide health care

7. Jimmy Carter 8. Who was Jimmy Carter? -Jimmy Carter was the 39 th President from Georgia; democrat; promised to end all scandal in U.S government; awarded Nobel Peace Prize; humanitarian

8. 9. What did President Carter do at Camp David? - he held peace talks between leaders of Israel and Egypt (two countries who had been enemies for more than 30 years); they singed a peace agreement which was known as the Camp David Accord

9. 10. What economic problems did President Carter face? - inflation (increase in price of goods over a period of time) and high oil prices

10. Ronald Reagan 11. Who was Ronald Reagan? -Ronald Reagan was 40 th president; believed that gov’t programs did not work and the people had become too dependent on them; believed that the gov’t should let business make money w/o much regulation; increased military spending and created budget deficit; ended Cold War

11. International Events in 1980s & 1990s 12. Why did Gorbachev want to improve relations between the Russia and U.S.A? - Soviet economy was suffering due to arms- race spending; Mikhail Gorbachev was leader ending Cold War. 13. Who is Saddam Hussein? - Iraq’s leader who invaded the neighboring country of Kuwait

12. 14. Why did Saddam Hussein want to control Kuwait? - planned to take control of Kuwait’s oil field; this led to the beginning of the Persian Gulf War (lasted seven weeks)

13. George Bush Sr. 15. Who was George Bush? What did he do? -41 st President asked other countries in the United Nations to form coalition to stop Iraq; credited with ending Persian Gulf War; after war many people lost jobs and economy stopped growing

14. Bill Clinton 16. Who is Bill Clinton? - 42 nd President (democrat) who told voters that gov’t should focus on the economy now that Cold war was over; believed in social programs to help people; turned deficit into surplus; was known as a peace maker helping to resolve many…

15. conflicts around the world; served second term but was impeached because of lying about private life; 17. In which placed did President Clinton help settle conflicts? -in the Middle East, Northern Ireland, and Yugoslavia

16. New Technology 18. What information tools did many people learn to use in the 1990s? - personal computers & the internet 19. What are some products made by high-tech businesses? - cellular phones, software

17. 20. What kind of jobs were there more and less of during the 1990s? - high-tech and service jobs increased, farming and manufacturing jobs decreased 21. By the late 1990s, more homes had access to computers than in previous years? Why was this? - computers became smaller and less expensive

18. 22. What changes did new technologies bring to communication in the 1990s? - the internet and cellular phones made instant communication anywhere a reality.

19. Transportation & Trade 23. Explain the term voluntary exchange? - trade between individuals or countries. 24. What does G8 have to do with voluntary exchange? - the G8 is a group of eight nations that meet each year to discuss many issues; one issue is voluntary exchange, or trade between nations.

20. 25. What is free trade agreement? - a treaty designed to increase trade between two or more countries

21. The 2000 Election 26. What were the main Presidential Candidates in 2000? - Al Gore and George W. Bush 27. What caused a disagreement between Bush and Gore? - Bush and Gore disagreed about who had won the popular vote in Florida

22. 28. How did Bush finally win the election of 2000? - the Supreme Court declared him the winner of Florida’s popular vote; winning the popular vote meant that Bush won Florida’s electoral votes, and won the election

23. 29. What is the difference between the popular vote and the electoral vote? - the popular vote is the vote of individual citizens; the electoral vote is the vote of the electors from the Electoral College

24. The September 11 th Attacks 30. Define terrorism. -the use of violence against ordinary people to achieve a political goal 31. Who is al-Qaeda? - a group of terrorist who hijacked, or took over, four American airplanes.

25. 32. What had the United Nations tried to determine in Iraq? -whether Saddam Hussein had destroyed his most dangerous weapons 33. Who is Saddam Hussein? - President of Iraq 34. Who is Osama bin Laden? - leader opposed the U.S involvement in the Middle East (Afghanistan)

26. 35. What happened on September 11, 2001? - members of terrorist group al-Qaeda hijacked four American airplanes and crashed them into World Trade Center towers in New York City (two largest buildings in the world), third plane crashed into Pentagon in Washington D.C

27. 36. How did the United States respond to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001? -it went to war in Afghanistan to find bin Laden and his followers; Bush also accused the gov’t of Afghanistan of hiding bin Laden and his followers 37. Explain the term “War on Terrorism”. -Bush asked for laws that would make it easier to find terrorists in the U.S. we know this as the Patriot Act

28. 38. Explain the Patriot Act. -gave new powers to the gov’t which allowed the gov’t to monitor the American people to find terrorists 39. What are some aspects of the Patriot Act? a) creation of Homeland Security b) wiring of phones to look for terrorism c) border security d) stronger security at airports

29. The Old World Trade CentersThe New World Trade Centers