Monday: Finish cold war and start 9/11
- Mikhail Gorvachev comes to power in USSR - 1985
Perestroika and Glasnost - 1985
Berlin wall comes down on November 9, 1989. Symbol to the end of the cold war
Boris Yeltsin - president of Russia - 1991 - 1999
1. we had close ties with our allies and the USSR didn't
2. China started siding with us after 1972
3. the soviet economy was in shambles whereas the US's was flourishing
a. Huge deficit
b. High inflation
c. corruption
d. social problems
e. Shortage of basic needs(food,housing)
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4. the strong anti-communist presidency of Reagan.
5. Gorbachev's willingness for change and reform
a. glasnost and perestroika
b. admitted soviet mistakes
c. took blame for the cold war
d. communist system had failed
e. allowed eastern Europe to do what they wanted
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7. Soviet Mistakes
- invasion of Afghanistan
- ignoring social concerns
- spent everything on military
Post cold war:
- In the 1990's, the world seemed to be a much more peaceful place
- president Clinton closed down numerous military bases around the country reducing the size of military use
Starting 9/11
New york city
- four commercial airliners were hijacked
- 8:46 a.m. - american airlines flight 11 was the first to hit the north tower of the world trade center
deaths: all together 2,606
9:27 a.m. flight 77 crashed into the pentagon
united flight 93 crashed into a field in Shanksville Pennsylvania
Tuesday:
Civil rights movement.
- 100 years after emacipation proclomation
- segregation in schools and business
- not allowed to vote
Important people:
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Malcolm X
- Rosa Parks
Thursday:
supporting the Jewish aggression against Muslims in Lebanon
Why did these people want to attack America
- according to bin laden, he has never said that the attacks were, are, or will be because of american freedoms, the rights of our citizens, or even because of our religious rights
- He said the reasons for the attacks of the past as well as those of the future will be because of the U.s. and its allies in the Muslim world.
USA and Somalia
- Dec. 4, 1992, George H,W, Bush sends 28,000 American troops in Somalia
- Bush wanted to help the Somali people since all attempts to send food to them were intercepted by war lords
Al Qaeda
- the US thinks al Qaeda operatives taught the Somalians how to shoot down helicopters just like they did in Afghanistan and soviet.
Afghan History:
- Diverse nation
- conquered in past by:
- per mans, Romans, British
- 1979 soviet invasion --> beat USSR in 89' w/ USA aid
- 1989 - 1996 - Civil war
Friday:
After the Iraq invasion, it was concluded that Iraq has ended its WMD program in 1991 and had no active programs at the time of the invasion
some accused Saddam Hussein of harboring and supporting AL-Qaeda but no evidence was ever found
Iraqi government human rights abuses
wanted to spread democracy to the country
oil interest
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