Weeks of May 7th to May 15th

Monday-

Alice Cooper and Barry White were popular singers, as well as Billy Joel
Bands- Led Zeppelin (70s), AC/DC, Kiss, Van Halen

Sports- Football became popular - rough and rowdy

Basketball- Celtics were good - 14 teams to 22 teams during the 70s

Fads- Acupuncture, Dashbord hula people, 8 track tape players, cork pop guns, disco music outfits

Singers of the 80s- Queen, Prince, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Bon Jovi, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith

Popular Singers of 90s- Tupac, Britney Spears

Actors of 80s- Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, etc.

Tuesday-

 Fashions of the 80s- Miniskirts, shoulder pads, leg warmers, fingerless gloves, fanny packs, scrunchies, huge earings

Fashion of the 90s- Bandanas, Chokers, Hoop earings, Crop Tops, Overalls, Doc Martens, Birkenstocks, Hypercolor shirts, Mom Jeans, Tommy Hilifiger

Sports of the 80s- Basketball were the eyars of Kentucky, Indiana, and Duke were good. Football- Michigan won the Rose Bowl

Sports of the 90s- Basketball - Michael Jordan was the best player in the NBA. Magic Johnson shocked the sports world by retiring and announcing that he had HIV

Shows of the 2000s- CSI, the office, Big Bang Theory, Spongebob, Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy

Movies of the 2000s- Harry Potter, Madagascar, Iron Man, Cars, Shrek, Ice Age

Actors of the 2000s- Alan Rickman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Keanu Reeves, Bruce Willis, Robert De Niro

James Bond- Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Bond 25, Casino Royale

Singers- Beyonce, Pink, Alicia Keys, Shakira, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Green Day, Nickelback, Skillet, Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood

More protective of people

Fads- Flappy Bird, Silly Bands, Crocs, Scooters, Fidget Spinners

Thursday-

Persian Gulf War- August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991

Why Invade Kuwait?- Kuwait had a large amount of oil and wanted to spread Iraqi power in the region. Iraq also owed a large debt to Kuwait. 

US/UN Response- UN calls for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait, UN puts worldwide ban on trade with Iraq and Iraq responds by annexing Kuwait. The US and NATO sends soldiers to Saudi Arabia to defer an attack on Saudi Arabia. Sending troops to Saudi Arabia was known as Operation Desert Shield. UN authorizes the use of force against Iraq if they didn't leave Kuwait.

US/NATO/Arabic countries that were anti-Iraq- 700,000 troops compared to Iraq's 300,000. 540,000 were made up of US forces

Iraq refused to withdraw from Kuwait despite being outnumbered. Allies in Saudi Arabia launched a massive aerial attack on Iraq called Operation Desert Storm.

Operation Desert Storm- first active combat in the war in the Persian Gulf. US-led air attack on Iraq and Iraqi Occupied Kuwait. Destroyed parts of the governing structure of Iraq.

Operation Desert Storm- Kuwait was liberated by US and Arabic forces. Iraq was also invaded from Saudi Arabia.

February 28- President Bush declares ceasefire because Iraqi forces had been destroyed. They lost due to being so outnumbered by our forces and Saddam's refusal to admit defeat.

Iraq- total destruction of military. Deaths ranged from 8000-100,000. US deaths-300 and minimal damages to military

Terms of peace-

Iraq must recognize Kuwait's independence

Get rid of all weapons of mass destruction

All missiles with ranges exceeding 90 miles

Economic sanctions

Iraq's Rebellion- Hussein's forces brutally suppressed uprisings to overthrow the government. US and British aircraft patrolled the skies. Iraq tried to stop the UN from doing weapons inspections. Resulted in a short resumption of hostilities in 1998 and refused any weapons inside the countries.

Aftermath- UN considered it a success even though by 2003 we were at war with Iraq again. In 2002, US sponsored the UN to restart inspecting Iraq's weapons. US and Britain gathered forces on Iraq's borders. US said that if Saddam Hussein didn't step down from power and leave Iraq in 48 hours by March 17,2003, another war would be declared. This started the Iraq War (2003).

9/11- New York, DC, Pennslyvania

Started at 8:00 AM. 9:45 White House and Capitol are evacuated.

North and South Towers collapse-9:59-10:28 AM

Total deaths-2977 in 9/11

al-Qaeda- Osama bin Laden founder in 1988. Afghanistan and Pakistan were the origins. Radical Islamic group. 

 Friday-

Islamophobic attacks grew by 1600 percent in 2002

Patriot Act- Government can do what it wants to keep people safe

 War on Terror was launche din response to 9/11- "Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them" 

- Bush's speech to Congress

- Afghan War and Iraqi War- Cost taxpayers 2.4 trillion dollars by 2017

- 92% of people were happy with the progress in Afghanistan in 2001 (December)

-66% thought it would be successful after Iraq

- 43% think it was likely we would kill Osama bin Laden

- 67% believe the War on Terror should continue after bin Laden is killed

-Death of Osama bin Laden- May 2, 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 23 Navy SEALS invaded and raided his hideout. 5 people were killed within 40 minutes. No Americans were killed.

- SEALS uncovered numerous more raids bin Laden was planning - assassination of Barack Obama and another attack on 9/11

- When/Why it Started - September 11th, 2001

- Officially went to war on October 7, 2001

- Operation Enduring Freedom

- Highest level of troops in Afghanistan was in August of 2010- now 8400 in 2017

Iraq War of 2003- Iraq was invaded to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and to end the rule of Saddam Hussein

 Monday (14th)-

ISIS- Islamic State

Al Qaeda was defeated in Iraq but not destroyed - started rebuilding and renamed themselves as ISI (Islamic State of Iraq)

2011: End of Iraq War- US leaves Iraq too weak to fight terror groups 

2013: Syrian civil war begins and changes name to ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)

Acts of ISIS-

Online Intimidation- has released multiple videos of executions of Journalists, International Aid Workers, Christians, and many more from the US, Egypt and Jordan

Multiple Terrorist Attacks- Bombings, Shootings, Truck Attacks, Lone Wolf Attacks

Destroying historical sites: churches, mosques and shrines

Utilizes Social Media Websites- YouTube, Facebook, Twitter used for recruitment and propaganda

Marketing - tough-looking fighters that also have fun

Targeting Pre-existing Muslims- ISIS reaches out, hoping to lure them into Syria

Paris Attacks- November 2015- Truck attack on busy street in Paris

Brussles Bombing- March 22, 2016

Pulse Nightclub Shooting- June 2016- shooting at a gay bar

Fighting ISIS- US has been assisting the Iraq Security Forces. When armies see ISIS fighters and can't fight back they call in airstrikes. Raqqa, capital of ISIS was freed by the US and Kurdish/Syrian Rebels. 

Tuesday- Presenting

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