Many people did not believe we should go/have gone into war. Vietnam was a tough battle and no one was really declared a winner. Lyndon Johnson was the president during this and one chant the protesters would say was "Hey! Hey! LBJ! how many kids are
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President Ronald Reagan's Attempted assassination took place only 69 days after the start of his presidency. The date was Monday, March 30, 1981. It took place after a speaking engagment that was located at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington,
When veterans got home they were forced to go back to their normal lives again. To help the transition, we passed the G.I. Bill of Rights. The American Dream was here, and people were taking advantage of it. They bought houses, got married, and start
NAACP-
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. it enforced equality for african americans in 1909.
Martin Luther King Jr.-
- he was a leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement..he gave the famous I Have A Dream
Malcolm X.
Rwanda is made up of three different groups Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa. In 1994 Rwanda went through a problem called genocide. In the 90's Hutu blamed Tutis for all the country's problems, couple weeks later after the president got shot after saying he had
its friday the thirteenth and im doing my powerpoint and i did awesome
NAACP- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP is a civil rights organization for the ethnic minorities in the US. It was formed in 1909 and it's mission is to "ensure the political, educational, social, and economic eq
FRIDAY THE 13th!
Today I presented my presentation to the class and it took up the whole class period mostly! Whoops!
Effects of the Soviet's Invasion of Afghanistan
grain production plummeted to 3.5% post-war
war contintued for 3 more years against Najibullah, mines were a problem
Al Qaeda and the Taliban formed after this
invasion was a failure, low morale, 15,000 Sov
Back on track with cold war presentations. still got a long ways to go.
technology is not cooperating with powerpoints.
somehow it seems like we wont get much accomplished today.
um. russia wanted to spread communism. and they wanted afghanistan for it
presentations today.
grain production dropped. war continued for three more years after our invasion.
al queda and taliban afterwards.
carter is the pres at time. america boycotted the olympic games in moscow.
we financed the future taliban and alqueda.
Make sure to do assigned blog!
1. Causes of the Cold War-
2. Policy of Containment: domino effect, Iron Curtain Speech, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine-
Policy of Containment; U.S. used military, economy, and international relations to slow down the spr
Soviet's Invasion in Afghanistan
After Effects
Afghanistan
-grain production stopped
-five million mines stopped and millions died from it
-Al Queada and the Taliban started after the invasion
Soviet Union
-was a fail envasion-low moral
-15,ooo soviet soldie