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American Conflicts Post VietnamConflict stems from…Fear of communism... Cold War foreign policySupport of Israel … Islamic terrorismWar on drug traffickingResponses to ethnic cleansingProtecting US interestsCombinations of these five reasonsAre we the world’s police force and should we be? (your opinion) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Islamic Attacks1972 – Munich Olympic Games – What happened? (online) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1979-1981 – Iran Hostage Crisis (pp 803-804)Who was the US President? _______________________What happened? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What was the origin of US- Iranian tensions post WWII? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________After the Shah of Iran is overthrown, who takes over? ____________________________What does he nickname the US? _____________________1983 – Lebanon (p 806)Why did Israel invade Lebanon? ______________________________What did this do to the Lebanese government? _________________________________How did the US respond? ___________________________________________________What happened to the Marines in Beirut causing a withdrawal? ________________________________________________________________________Cold War ManueveringWhat was Operation Urgent Fury? (internet) ______________________________________________________________________________Who is Maurice Bishop and how did he come to power? ____________________________________________________________________________Why did the United States care about Grenada? ______________________________________________________________________________Protecting US interests ()Who was Manuel Noriega and what was his history with the United States? ______________________________________________________________________________Why did the United States send troops to Panama in 1989? (p814) ______________________________________________________________________________Why did the United States want to depose and capture Manuel Noriega? __________________Where does he find refuge? ___________________What ultimately happens to him? ______________________________Persian Gulf War (p815-817)Who was the dictator in Iraq? _______________________What group of people wanted sovereignty to create an independent state? ___________To prevent this, he dropped chemical weapons on these people.What oil rich nation did Hussein invade in 1990? ________________It appeared that he would next go after what nation? _____________________These nations appealed to the US to intervene, which the US and other coalition forces agreed to.American air attacks smashed Iraq. In February, America launched Operation _____________________. Where US and coalition forces retook Kuwait destroying the Iraqi army.To prevent an invasion of Iraq, Hussein agreed to …______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Why were people critical of George H.W.Bush regarding this conflict? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PeacekeepingSerbia (p854)Who was Slobodan Milosevic? _____________________________________________________What was he doing that got the international community upset? _________________________What province did Milosevic invade that NATO forces will remove him from? _______________What happens to Milosevic? ______________________________________________________9/11 (p857-858)What person and what group orchestrated the 9/11 attacks? ___________________ ____________________What happened to the four hijacked planes? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How many Americans died? _____________________Afghanistan and Iraq (p858-862)(864-868)(876-879)George Bush declared a “War on ________”Why did the US invade Afghanistan? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What group of people who controlled Afghanistan were protecting Bin Laden? ______________Why did the US attack Iraq in 2003? ______________________________________________________________________________What was the result of the invasion of Iraq with regard to the Iraqi government? ______________________________________________________________________________What was the controversy behind Abu Ghraib? ______________________________________________________________________________What trouble did Iraqis have in organizing their new democracy, post Hussein? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What happened to Hussein? ______________________________________________________Why was support for the war in Iraq disappearing? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Were politicians who voted for the appropriations to fund the conflict doing so for political popularity and withdrawing their support when it became unpopular for the same reason? ______________________________________________________________________________What was the Surge? ______________________________________________________________________________Who is Hamid Karzai? ____________________________________________________________What happened to Bin laden? ______________________________________________________ ................
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