1. Modern America ’s

2. George H.W. Bush:
“Read my lips, No new taxes!”

3. Bush and Foreign Policy
December 1989 invasion of Panama
Manuel Noriega
“Rock n Roll” at the Vatican Embassy

4. Tianamen Square

5. Fall of the Berlin Wall-1989

6. Collapse of the Soviet Union- 1991

7. Operation Desert Storm- 1991

9. Exxon Valdez

10. Bill Clinton: 1993-2001 First Baby Boomer President….
“It’s the Economy, Stupid”
Attempts at a National Healthcare System - Hillary Clinton - failed

11. Welfare to Work..
Brady Bill…
Federal Debt Reduction….

12. NAFTA- North American Free Trade Agreement

14. Clinton’s Foreign Policy
Somalia 1993
Haiti 1994
Middle East

15. Balkan Genocide 1990’s Slobodan Milosevic dictator of Serbia…
U.S./NATO bombing of Bosnia and Kosovo

16. Clinton’s Scandals Whitewater Travelgate Filegate
Sexual Harassment charges while Governor of Arkansas…
Monica Lewinsky

18. Election of 2000

20. Vote hinges on Florida
Democrats ask for a recount
“Hanging Chads”
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Closest election since 1876

22. George W. Bush – 42nd President
“Solid South” now firmly Republican…
2001 Tax Cuts…
2001 Recession…

23. September 11, 2001 al Qaeda hijacks 4 commercial jets
2 are crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in NYC one at 8:46am and one at 9:03am.
Both buildings collapse within 2 hours
2,974 people die in these attacks

25. Jet #3 crashes into the Pentagon at 9:37am
Jet #4 was headed for the U.S. capitol………………………………………………………………………………Shanksville, PA 10:03 am

26. “Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there
“Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group…has been found, stopped, and defeated.”
George W. Bush
September 20, 2001

27. Afghanistan: October 7, 2001- Present
U.S. led coalition …
“Bush Doctrine”…

29. Problems: Failed to capture Osama bin Laden….
Continued opium production…
Resurgence of Taliban activity in remote areas…
Obama has stated that more troops will be sent to Afghanistan

30. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
“Enemy combatants” who have been captured during the War on Terrorism…
Allegations of human rights abuses…
President Obama…

31. Iraq: March 20, Present
U.S. led multinational force invades Iraq…
“Shock & Awe” tactics….

33. Saddam Hussein’s government is toppled quickly ….

34. Captured in Dec. 2003
Placed on trial by the govt. of Iraq for “crimes against humanity” – murder, torture, illegal arrests, etc.
Executed by hanging in Dec. 2006

35. No significant weapons of mass destruction (wmds) were found…
Insurgents (including al-Qaeda linked groups use car bombings, terrorism, and urban fighting to extend the conflict
U.S. troop “surge” to decrease the violence…

37. Conflict between groups within Iraq…
Length of the war…
Media coverage…
Popular support for the war in the U.S. erodes quickly…

38. Election of 2008

39. March 2009 the Obama administration replaced the phrase “War on Terrorism” with “Overseas Contingency Operation”
Individual acts of terror are now known as “man caused disasters”

42. Election of 2012

45. Important Women in American Society
Sandra Day O’Connor

46. Sally Ride

47. Geraldine Ferraro

48. Hillary Clinton

49. Condoleeza Rice

50. Nancy Pelosi