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

Began with the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. The UN responded at 1st with economic sanctions. The US along with Saudi Arabia, Great Britian, and Egypt 1st attacked with airstrikes on January 17. This was

Presentations starting today? Who knows.

Nixon-

off gold standard.

Watergate-pres FAIL.

office/buisness/hotel. 5 men broke into democ. headquarters at the Watergate Hotel. Two washington post, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. relied on FBI agent, Deep T

Today, Bruns kicked me off of his stool and then didn't even sit on it.  He then talked about the whole Watergate scandal, which was where five guys were caught breaking into the Watergate hotel in search of something the Republicans can use against

Today Mr. Bruns went over our new blog assignment. MY topic is Iran Hostage Crisis. We are taking notes on presidents again. Blog discussions. Also, i am leaving at 10:45 (The middle of class.)

OSAMA BIN LADEN died! U.S. helicopters approached a high-

new blog assignment: WWII Veterans

Truman; took over after FDR, very unpopular president, WWII-ended war, used atomic bomb, created CIA, desegregated U.S. military, helped organize the UN, Fair Deal, fired MacArthur

Harry Truman

Truman was vice-preside

Richard Nixon

Watergate, led to first and only resignation of a president so far, June 17, 1972, Woodward and Bernstein investigated the story, relied on FBI informant to link men to White House "follow the money" Mark Felt, money traced back to commi

Hopefully finishing presidential blogs today.. if Mr. Bruns doesn't keep rambling.

Truman; took over after FDR, very unpopular president, WWII-ended war, used atomic bomb, created CIA, desegregated U.S. military, helped organize the UN, Fair Deal, fi

The great society

• Elementary and secondary Education Act of 1965- for the first time, large amounts of fedral money went to public schools and the focus was poor schools.
• Higher education act of 1965, which focused on funding lower income students, inc

Nixon:

Watergate-

-five men were caught breaking into democratic party headquarters at the watergate hotel in washington, d.c. on june 17, 1972 to find dirt on the demorcartic party

-Ultimately resigned from office so he wouldnt be impeached

Gerald Ford

failures of nixon's presidency

watergate scandal- this is when 5 men were caught breaking into the watergate hotel into democratic national headquarters.  they were trying to find if the democrats had any dirt on them/if there was any dirt that they c

WATERGATE:

• Five men caught breaking into Dem party headquarters at the Watergate hotel in D.C. to find dirt on the democratic party
• Woodward and Bernstein, two Post reporters, continued to investigate the story
• They relied on an FBI informant, "Deep Thr

Nixon

• Watergate
  • 5 men break into the watergate to get dirt on Democrats
  • people didn't really think about it- thought it was just a robbery
  • two washington post reporters thought this was fishy
  • relied on FBI informant "Deep Throat" to link break in men to N

Civil Rights for African-Americans, Women and Latin-Americans/Native Americans -period in US history where African-Americans, women, Latin-Americans, and Native Americans fought for equal rights and against racial discrimination. 

NAACP-National Assoc