1. Warm Up: What was the biggest threat to America during the Cold War? What is the biggest threat to America today?

2. End of the Cold War SALT (Strategic Nuclear Arms Limitation Talks) Goal to reduce # of nuclear weapons in the U.S. and U.S.S.R. INF 1987(Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty Reduced short range nuclear weapons

3. End of the Cold War Berlin Wall falls (1989) Berlin and Germany reunited -Warsaw Pact nations break from Communism START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty 1991 Resulted in the removal of 80% of nuclear weapons

4. End of the Cold War Soviet Union dissolved 1991 Elections in Russia 1996 -Boris Yeltsin, non-communist, elected

5. Terrorism is the systematic use or threatened use of violence to intimidate a population or government and thereby effect political, religious, or ideological change

6. Terrorism Pan Am Flight 103 (1988) plane blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland 243 killed World Trade Center (1993) Al Qaeda 6 killed, over 1,000 injured

7. Terrorism Oklahoma City Federal Building (1995) American terrorist 168 killed

8. Terrorism Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (1998) Al Qaeda 258 killed USS Cole (2000) Al Qaeda 17 killed

9. Terrorism 9/11/2001 Al Qaeda Terrorist attack World Trade Center and Pentagon killing over 3,000 Americans

10. U.S. Declares War of Terror Department of Homeland Security Goal to protect America from future terrorist attacks. Combined 22 federal agencies into 1 department. Transportation Security Administration protects airports, ports, and railroads.

11. Middle East Camp David Accords (1979) Peace between Egypt and Israel ended 30 years of war. Israel returned land to Egypt Egypt recognized Israel as a nation. Hostage Crisis in Iran (1979) Iranians take control of US embassy Americans held hostage for 444 days

12. Middle East Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) U.S. supports both sides by selling weapons. Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) Iraq invaded Kuwait U.S. led U.N coalition to liberate Kuwait

13. Middle East Afghanistan War (2001-Present) U.S. and NATO allies launched war following 9/11 attacks to remove Al-Qaeda save haven Taliban overthrown Attempting to help establish democracy in Afghanistan 1,613 Americans killed in action The Afghan War is now the longest war in U.S. history

14. Middle East Iraq War (2003- Present) U.S. invaded Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction. -None ever found Saddam Hussein overthrown Attempting to help establish democracy in Iraq. 4,454 Americans killed in action

15. THE WAR IN IRAQ HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF 9/11/2001

16. As a class:

17. Trade NAFTA –North American Free Trade Agreement Ends tariffs on products traded between US, Canada and Mexico WTO - World Trade Organization makes rules that govern trade Trade deficit U.S. imports more goods than it exports

18. Energy Dependency on foreign oil -US imports 67% of its oil US oil reserves (oil in America) would only last 3.5 years under current consumption US consumes 25% of worlds total oil US has 25% of worlds carbon emissions (carbon footprint) US makes up 4.5% of world population Carbon emissions are the cause of global warming

19. Energy Solutions? Conservation reduce energy, drive more fuel efficient cars, use less electricity Alternative Energy wind, solar, hydroelectric Ethanol- fuel made from corn, sugar and and other plants Nuclear Energy