10th American History Unit III U.S. Foreign Policy World War II Today

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10th American HistoryUnit III- U.S. Foreign
PolicyWorld War II - Today

• Nixon-Bush 7

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Reading Quiz- Nixon- Bush 7

• 1. Who was Manuel Noreiga?
• 2. What was Operation Just Cause?
• 3. Why did Iraq seize Kuwait?
• 4. What was Operation Desert Shield?
• 5. What was Operation Desert Storm?
• 6. What happened in Tiananmen Square?
• 7. What was the Goddess of Democracy?
• 8. Who was General Norman Schwarzkopf?

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Communism Continues in China

• 1980s- Government loosens grip on business and
  eliminates some price controls.
• Students in China demand freedom of speech and a
  greater voice in government.
• Premier Deng Xiaoping cracks down on Tiananmen
  Square Demonstration- April 1989.
• A student leader said, The government has won
  the battle here today. But they have lost the
  peoples hearts.

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Tiananmen Square

• On May 13, 1989, several students began a hunger
  strike at Tiananmen Square in the afternoon and
  formal talks with the government began a day
  later but they quickly broke down. Among the
  demands of the students and workers were more
  democracy, less corruption, and accurate press
  coverage. Days later, after no conclusion was
  reached, the government prepared to declare
  martial law
• On June 3, 1989, troops received orders to
  reclaim Tiananmen Square at all costs.
• Due to a lack of witnesses, the exact number of
  people killed in this so-called "Tiananmen Square
  Massacre" is not known. Some say that it was as
  few as 500 and as many as 3000.

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Chernobyl

• In the early morning hours of 26 April 1986, a
  testing error caused an explosion at the
  Chernobyl nuclear power station in northern
  Ukraine. During a radioactive fire that burned
  for 10 days, 190 tons of toxic materials were
  expelled into the atmosphere. The wind blew 70
  of the radioactive material into the neighboring
  country of Belarus. Almost 20 years later, the
  people of Belarus continue to suffer medically,
  economically, environmentally and socially from
  the effects of the disaster. These are the facts
  The Accident The Chernobyl power plant is
  located on the border area between Ukraine and
  Belarus. The explosion of the reactor at
  Chernobyl released 100 times more radiation than
  the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
  (1) At the time of the accident, about 7
  million people lived in contaminated territories,
  including 3 million children. About 5.5
  million people - including more than a million
  children - continue to live in contaminated
  zones. (2)Thyroid cancer, Leukemia, Childhood
  diseases, Cancers, Birth Defects, Genetic
  mutations and Heart disease.

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Chernobyl
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Operation Just Cause- Panama

• 1988- Federal Grand jury indicts Noreiga on drug
  trafficking charges. (International drug
  trafficking)
• Manuel Noriega- commander of police and military
  forces in Panama, in charge of Panama. Stuffed
  the ballot box.
• Dec. 20, 1989- President Bush sent in U.S. forces
  to topple Noriega.
• Noriega took refuge in Vatican embassy but
  finally surrenders.
• Convicted in Miami and sentenced to 40 years in
  prison.
• Many Latin American nations deplored this Yankee
  Imperialism, but many were please to be rid of
  the dictator.

116 min.
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Demonizing the Enemy Saddam Hussein and Manuel
Noriega
509 min.
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Operation Desert Storm- Iraq
Patriot Missile Battery
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Operation Desert Storm- Iraq
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Operation Desert Storm- Iraq
In 1979 Saddam Hussein took control of Iraq,
killing 21 of his cabinet members. In 1990 he
invaded Kuwait and in less than 4 hours he had
taken Kuwait and controlled 24 of the worlds oil
supplies. It seemed as if his next target was
Saudi Arabia. United States entered after a call
for protection by Saudi Arabia. The United
States set a deadline, January 15, 1991 for all
Iraq forces to be out of Kuwait, but Saddam
ignored the deadline. That triggered Desert
Shield, or the build-up of troops in the region
and eventually led to Desert Storm, a all-out
attack to free Kuwait.
351 min.
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Operation Desert Shield- Iraq

• Chronology Important Events- 1990
• On 25 July US Ambassador to Iraq, April Glaspie,
  tells Hussein that the Iraq/Kuwaiti dispute is an
  Arab matter, not one that affects the United Stat
• Hussein invades Kuwait on August 2.
• President Bush freezes Iraqi and Kuwaiti assets.
• The United Nations calls on Hussein to withdraw.
• Economic sanctions are authorized.
• Iraq annexes Kuwait
• The UN declares Iraq's annexation invalid
• Military interdiction authorized by the UN.
• UN Security Council authorizes force if Iraq
  doesnt withdraw from Kuwait by midnight EST Jan.
  15.
• Congress votes to allow for US troops to be used
  in offensive operations.

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Operation Desert Storm- Iraq

• Chronology Important Events- 1991
• The air war started Jan 17 at 238 a.m. (local
  time) or January 16 at 638PM EST due to an 8
  hour time difference, with an Apache helicopter
  attack.
• US warplanes attack Baghdad, Kuwait and other
  military targets in Iraq.
• Iraq launches first SCUD Missile attack.
• US forces in the Gulf exceed 500,000.
• Feb 6, President Bush issues an ultimatum of Feb
  23 for Iraqi troops to withdraw from Kuwait.
• Feb 23, 1991 Ground war begins with Marines, Army
  and Arab forces moving into Iraq and Kuwait.
• Feb 27, 1991 President Bush orders a cease fire
  effective at midnight Kuwaiti time.

515 min.