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1 American Foreign Policy After the Cold War (1991- Present)
US History

2 Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Middle East & Oil Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

3 Long Term Implications?
Creation of Israel ( ) Holocaust US Support for Israel Wars War of Independence (1948) Suez Crisis (1956) Six Day War (1967) Yom Kippur War (1973) Long Term Implications?

4 UN Plan Israel 1973

5 Impact of the End of the Cold War

6 Post Cold War Foreign Policy - Uncertainty
Should the US be the police of the world? Iraq 1- video Yugoslavia/Balkans Humanitarian Mission Somalia (92-94) Rwanda

7 9/11 Attacks (Crash Course #46: 4:18-6:40)
Al Qaeda/Osama Bin Laden What should the US do?

8 The War on Terror (Crash Course #46: 6:40-9:45)
Homeland Security Department of Homeland Security Patriot Act (documents) The Bush Doctrine/Pre-emptive War War in Afghanistan vs. Taliban (2001) War in Iraq vs. Saddam Hussein (2003)

9 Discussion Questions:
Should the US be the police force of the world? Are large wars the best strategy for fighting terrorists? Do you agree with the decisions to invade Afghanistan and Iraq? Do you agree with limiting civil liberties in a time of “crisis”?

10 Post It Quiz Write a 6 question matching quiz using the following terms: First Iraq War (Persian Gulf War), Balkan Crisis, 9/11, George W. Bush, Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Patriot Act, Department of Homeland Security, War in Afghanistan, Second Iraq War

11 Former Yugoslavia/Balkans

12 Attack on NYC World Trade Center

13 Attack on the Pentagon

14 Flight 93

15 Osama Bin Laden

16 War in Afghanistan

17 War in Iraq

18 Patriot Act

19 Saddam Hussein & Kuwait

20 Somalia


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