May 23- May 27

May 23 (Monday)- Mr. Bruns talked about the semester tests. 1980's finished presenting. Notes for 80's here.

May 24 (Tuesday)- Presentation of Vietnam and 2000's started. 

May 25 (Wednesday)- 2000's finished. 2008's started and finished. 

May 26- (Thursday)- Semester tests 

May 27 (Friday)- Semester tests. 

The Vietnam Conflict 1950- 1975

  • Used to be known as Indochina
  • France had control until WWII when Japan took over 
  • Wanted Vietnam back after so France and Vietnam started fighting 
  • France lost in 1954 
  • Goals: Stop communism
  • Vietnam: Wanted independence
  • Split in 2 
  • Vietnam was eventually united as communist 
  • Geneva Conference
    • Vietnam would be split 
  • We slowly got involved with Vietnam
    • Started sending military advisors- did not participate in fighting
    • Send special forces (Green Berets)- small amounts of people
    • Sent regular troops were sent for defensive purposes only 
    • Finally, in 1964, regular troops were used for offensive combat 
  • Tet Offensive 
    • Perfect day for a day off 
  • Why were so many people people against the war? 
    • Tet offensive 
    • Pentagon Papers
    • Injuring/killing innocent people 
    • Supporting a bad government in South 
    • The power of the press 
  • Started bombing Cambodia 
  • People tried to get out of serving 
    • Went to Canada or Sweden 
    • Went to college (student deferment) 
    • Got married (marrige defement) 
    • Medically unfit for service
    • Joined the National Guard or Peace Corps 
    • Claimed to be homosexual 
    • Being rich 
  • Nixon gradually pull US troops out and let Vietnam deal with it themselves because it's their country 
  • Paris Peace Accords 
    • Fighting stopped 
    • US would pull out of Vietnam 
    • North and South Vietnam would recognize each other's independence
  • 2 years after we left North invaded South and whole country became communist

2000-2008: 

Music of 2000's 

  • Falling- Alicia Keys 
  • Complicated- Avril Lavigne
  • Bring Me to Life- Evanscence 
  • Yeah- Usher 
  • Umbrella- Rihanna
  • If I Were a Boy- Beyonce 

Movies of 2000's:

  • Cast Away 
  • Shrek 
  • Finding Nemo 
  • The Notebook 
  • Transformers 

TV Shows 

  • Survivor 
  • Americal Idol 
  • Ellen Degeneres 
  • Grey's Anatomy 
  • Michey Mouse Clubhouse 

Fashion 

  • Woman
    • Destroyed denim
    • Dresses over jeans
    • Leggings
    • Gender bending
    • Vintage  
  • Men
    • Low rise jeans 
    • Studded balls 
    • Aviator sunglasses 
    • Trucker hat 
    • Slim-fit suits 
  • Hair 
    • Men 
    • Frosted tips 
    • Emo 
  • Women 
    • Wild wavy curls 
    • Super short pixie cut 
    • PIn straight hair 
    • Poof 
    • Bangs 
  • FADS
    • Silly Bands
    • Crocs 
    • MySpace 
    • Flash Mobs 
    • Mansions 
    • Wristband representing a cause 
  • Inventions 
    • Contactless payment 
    • YouTube 
    • EReaders 
    • Skype 
    • iPod
    • GPS 
    • Smartphones 
    • Hybrid Cars 
    • Facebook 

Elections 

  • 2000 
    • George W. Bush (Republican) 
    • Albert Gore Jr. (Democrat) 
    • George W. Bush won
  • 2004 
    • George W. Bush (Republican) 
    • John F. Kerry (Democrat) 
    • George W. Bush won 
  • 2008 
    • Barack Obama (Democrat) 
    • John McCain (Republican)

Video Games 

  • Startrek 
  • Mario Kart 
  • Grand Theft Auto 
  • Need For Speed 
  • Play Station 1 
  • Play Station 2 
  • Play Station 3 
  • X Box 
  • Gameboy Advance 
  • X Box 360 
  • Nintendo Wii 

Sports 

  • Tiger Woods
  • Serena and Venus Williams 
  • Michael Jordan 
    • Retired in 2003 
  • Olympic 2002 in Salt Lake City

Scandals 

  • Waterboarding 
    • Form of torture 
    • Head tipped back and water poured in mouth like your drowning
  • Abu Ghraib Prison Abuse 
    • Made them take their clothes off 
    • Torture them for information 
    • All the officials lost their positions and were charged 

Minorities Push for Equality 

  • 2000- Vermont is the first country in recognize civil union between gay/lesbian couples
  • 2008- Civil Rights Act
    • Ensured that federal funds are not to subsidize discrimination 
    • Held employers accountable for age discrimination 

Acts/Amendments 

  • 2000- Religious land
  • 2002- Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Re force Act
  • 2005- Real ID Act

Space 

  • 2001- NEAR landed on Eros 
    • Dennis Tito
  • 2003- Columbia broke up 
  • Spitzer Telescope 
  • 2005- Space Shuttle Discovery was launched with 7 astronaunts 
  • 2006- NASA Stardust returned safely to earth 

Major Events 

  • 9-11 
    • iAl Qaeda terrorists hijack 4 planes 
      • World Trade Centers 
      • Pentragon 
      • Field
      • Killed 3,000 
      • Took 3,100,000 hours of work to clean up 1,000,000 tons of damage
      • Loss of nearly $123 billion 
      • Costed $750,000,0000 
  • Afghanistan War
    • 2001-2014 
    • Triggered by 9/11 
    • Osama Bin Laden 
    • 92,000 people died 
  • Iraq War 
    • 2003 
    • Reasons: 
      • 9/11 
      • Afghanistan 
      • Weapons of mass destruction 
        • Thought they were hoarding nuclear weapons
      • Nation building 
  • Hurricane Katrina 
    • Stuck Gulf Coast (Mainly New Orleans) 
    • 2005 
    • 80% of the city was underwater
    • Caused lots of damage 
    • 2,000 people died 

2009-2016:

Music:

  • Taylor Swift
  • Beyonce
  • Katy Perry
  • Adele
  • FLoride Georgia Line
  • Luke Bryan
  • Eric Church
  • "I Got A Feeling" Black Eyed Peas
  • "The House That Built Me" Miranda Lambert
  • "Rolling in the Deep" Adele
  • "Time is Love" Josh Turner
  • "Blurred Lines" Robin Thicke
  • "This Is How We Roll" Florida Georgia Line
  • "Hello" Adele
  • "You Should Be Here" Cole Swindle  

Movies 

  • Twilight 
  • Ted 
  • The Hunger Games 
  • Vacation 
  • Despicable 

TV Shows 

  • Modern Family 
  • Walking Dead 
  • Game o fTHrones 
  • Guys with Kids 
  • Americans 
  • The Flash 
  • Empire 

Video Games 

  • Call of Duty 
  • Grand Theft Auto 
  • MOB 
  • NBA 
  • Counter strike 
  • Minecraft 
  • Halo 

Fashion 

  • One shoulder dress 
  • Jegging 
  • Jumpsuits 
  • Lether pants 
  • Black and white pants 
  • Matching clothing 
  • Plaid 
  • 1990's fashion 

FAD's 

  • Crocs 
  • Fantasy sports 
  • Silly bandz 
  • House flipping 

Inventions 

  • iPad 
  • Apple watch 
  • Water Bottle Filling Station 
  • Hoverboard 

Presidential Election 

  • 2012 
    • Barack Obama vs Mitt Romney 
    • Barack won 
  • 2016 
    • Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton 
    • To be determined 

Minorites Push 

  • Marijuana legalism 
  • Gay Marrige legalized 
  • Minimum wage 

Major Events 

  • Hijacking the MV Maersk Cargo Ship 
    • Phillips was help captive for 5 days 
  • Earthquake in Haiti  
  • Osama Bin Laden found and killed
  • Sandy Hook Shooting- 2012
  • Boston Marathon Bombing- 2013 
    • Killed 3 and injured 264 
  • Robin Williams
    • Committed suicide 
  • ISIS- 2015 
    • Attacks in France, Turkey, Ankara 
    • Killed 130, 33, 102 
  • Brussels Attack 
    • 190 wounds 34 killed 

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