1. OPEN-NOTES TEST TOMORROW NOTES-CHECK #s 64 and 65 TOMORROW
May 16, 2017
U.S. History Agenda:
DO NOW: Term Matching
NOTES #65: What important events occurred during the 1990s and 2000s?
THE 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, AND 2000s
OPEN-NOTES TEST TOMORROW
NOTES-CHECK #s 64 and 65 TOMORROW

2. What important events occurred during the 1990s and 2000s? Notes #65
President
George H. W. Bush
(1989–1993)
President
Bill Clinton
(1993–2001)
President
George W. Bush
(2001–2009)
President Barack Obama
(2009–2017)

3. George H. W. Bush with running-mate Dan Quayle
Election of 1988

4. Iraq’s president Saddam
In 1990, Iraq invaded oil-rich Kuwait, which started the Persian Gulf War.
Iraq’s president Saddam
Hussein (1979–2003)

5. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush committed U. S
In 1991, President George H. W. Bush committed U.S. troops to the Persian Gulf War to help fight back Iraq and assure the flow of Middle East oil to the U.S. and its allies.
Operation Desert Storm (over 500,000 U.S. troops committed, largest since Vietnam);
within 1 month of the U.S. entering the Persian Gulf War, Iraq withdrew from Kuwait

6. Following the break up the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War ended.
Destruction of the Berlin Wall
(November 9, 1989)
Boris Yeltsin; first president of
Russia (former Soviet Union)

7. Election of 1992
Bill Clinton with
running-mate
Al Gore
Ross Perot 

8. During the 1990s, President Bill Clinton ordered military interventions in Bosnia, Haiti, and Somalia to stop conflicts within those nations.

9. First Battle of Mogadishu (1993); 19 U.S. soldiers killed, 83 wounded

10. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Under Clinton, the U.S. joined the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1992 as a way to stimulate economic growth in the U.S.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

11. “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky”
In 1998, Clinton was impeached due to allegations of perjury, but was later acquitted.
“I did not have sexual relations
with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky”

12. Election of 2000
George W. Bush
with running-mate
Dick Cheney 
Al Gore 

13. On September 11, 2001, New York City and Washington, D. C
On September 11, 2001, New York City and Washington, D.C. were attacked by terrorists from al-Qaeda.

14. September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City

15. World Trade Center today

16. September 11 attack on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.

17. Flight 93; crash landing in Shanksville, Pennsylvania

18. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
Osama bin Laden
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
9-11 hijackers

19. Bush signs the Patriot Act into law
In response to these attacks, the Department of Homeland Security was created and the Patriot Act was passed in 2001 to fight terrorism.
Bush signs the Patriot Act into law
(October 21, 2001)

20. During the 2000s, under President George W. Bush, U. S
During the 2000s, under President George W. Bush, U.S. troops were sent to Afghanistan and Iraq to fight national security “threats”.
Taliban
(in Afghanistan)
Weapon of Mass
Destruction (WMD)
Iraq’s president
Saddam Hussein 

21. Election of 2008
Barack Obama
with running-mate
Joe Biden

22. In 2011, under President Barack Obama, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was found and killed by the U.S. in Pakistan.
bin Laden’s hideout
in Abbottabad,
Pakistan

23. Election of 2016
Donald Trump 
with running-mate
Mike Pence