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Week Of May 4-8

May 4-

May 5-

May 6- Was gone for concussion test

May 7- U.S has military everywhere in the world. Alqueda was planning for months and years for 9/11.

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week:4-8 Afghanistan

History of al-Qaeda and Terrorism 

  • Al-Qaeda means "the base". it is a stateless (meaning without a country) terrorist organization 
  • It was led and financed by Osana bin Laden, Radical Sunni ,Muslim 
  • It is now led by Ayman Al-

When did Al-Qaeda form? 

  • The
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May4-May8

May 6-

Bill Clinton-

Monica Lewinskey Scandal: His assistant during presidency. Lasted 2 years. She was 22 he was 49. Voted out of office my house representatives. 

Al-Qaeda- based in Afghanistan.

Worldwide terrorist organization.

North Africa, Middle Eas

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May 4-8

Monday- Gone

Tuesday- 9/11, 4 planes, 2 hit trade centers, one hit pentagon, one crash landed, around 3000 lives lost, jobs lost, many things were postponed or delayed in respect, airports closed down for a few days, Patriot Act- allowed for the regul

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Week 27-1:

Cold War 

Germany was split into four zones - British, French, US, Berlin zones

Berlin was split into four zones

 

In 1948, the three western controlled zones of Germany’s (US, France, UK) were united, and grew in prosperity due to the Marshal Plan.

The w

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May 4 - May 8

May 4- I was gone. May the fourth be with you!

May 5- (Cinco De Mayo)
Broader effects- People were affected by a lot of children lost a parent. Lead to depression. Sporting events postponed. National Parks and landmarks were closed. Late night comedia

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May 4 - May 8

Monday- Gone. But, MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU

Tuesday- Take notes on 9/11

Broader effects

Children lost parents

Others lost loved ones

Nearly 150,000 jobs were lost in New York City alone.

1 year later, 7 in 10 Americans reported they had experienced depressi

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May 4-8

Monday- Cold war notes 

  • Mikhail Gorbachev Come to power in USSR-1985 
  • Perestroika and Glasnost-1985- 
  • Perestroika-Restructuring of the Soviet economy and political system 
  • More democracy 
  • Free elections 
  • Glasnost- More openness of the Soviet government and
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Week of May 4-8

Monday: Finished the cold war power point- Started on 9/11

Why did we win?

  • We had close ties with our Allies and the USSR didn't
  • China started siding with us after 1972
  • The Soviet economy was in shambles whereas the US's was flourishing
    • USSR had huge defi
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May 4 - 8

Monday - Bill Clinton in the 90's closed down a lot of military bases. Bill Clinton regretted that they didn't take Osama Bin Laden more seriously in the 90's. Serbia, Monte Negro, Lithuania, etc. September 11th, 2001 a plane crashed into the World T

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May 4 - 8

Monday-

Two gun man were killed in a gun fight with a security guy because there was a drawn a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad which is seen as an insult to by the Muslims.

Movie - documented

Tuesday-

Sinco damio is not Mexico's independence day, it cele

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May 4th-8th

Monday- Went over more notes Started on 9/11 Tuesday went over extra credit ppts. Wednesday I finished mine, then went over Brun's powerpoint. Thursday- went over ppt again. Friday- Went over ppt again. 

1. We had close ties with our allies and the US

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05/4/2015-05/8/2015

MONDAY- Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power in USSR- 1985

  • Perestroika and Glasnost-1985
  • Perestroika- Restructuring of the soviet economy and political system
  • More democracy
  • Free elections 
  • INF Treaty
  • Berlin Wall comes Down-November 9, 1989
  • we had close ties wi
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May 4th - 8th

Monday 4th - 

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 -

huge deficit,

high inflation,

corruption,

social problems,

shortage o

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May 4th- 8th Maddiiiiiiiiiie

Monday- Perestrokia and Glasnost 

symbol of the cold war- The Berlin Wall- wall coming down symbol of end of the cold war 

Boris Yeltsin- first democratic president of Russia-1991-1999 

Why did the US win the cold war? 

We had close ties with our allies

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5/4 to 5/8

perestroika- restructuring of soviet economy

glasnost- more openness of the government

we had close ties with our allies and the USSR didn't 

China stared siding with us after 1972

the soviet economy was in shambles whereas the US.s was flourishing

the st

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