THE COLD WAR in the 1960’s * MAD Theory (Mutually Assured Destruction) * The Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 1962) * Why the crisis happened? (Khrushchev‚ Fidel Castro & Cuba) * Was JFK a hawk or a dove? * Impacts of the crisis: flexible response & trend toward détente * Missles out of Cuba * Missles out of Germany * Can’t invade Cuba with force. THE WAR IN VIETNAM * It was America’s longest war * Some numbers: $ 150 billion ($600
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Why was Carter unsuccessful in his attempt to secure re-election in 1980? Jimmy Carter was the first elected President in half a century who failed to win a second term. His election in 1976 was set during the period of time when people had lost their faith in the presidency. After Nixon’s humiliation considering Watergate scandal and Ford’s simplistic and unenthusiastic govern‚ people were looking for someone outside Washington’s corruption. Carter seemed a perfect decision ‚ governor of a small
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This decade included such events as the following. Four students killed when National Guardsmen opened fire during anti-war demonstrations at Kent State University in Ohio. Huge anti-war march in Washington‚ D.C. Iranian militant students seize the U.S. embassy in Tehran capturing 66 hostages and setting off an intense standoff that lasted 444-days. Residents of Love Canal‚ NY‚ evacuated due to dangerous toxic chemicals buried in the area. The economy in the worst recession in 40 years. Republican agents
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Identifications: * Yuppies/VCRs/Three Mile Island * Yuppies: young‚ urban professionals who wore ostentatious gear such Rolex watches or BMW cars. they came to symbolize the increased pursuit of wealth and materialism of Americans in the 1980s‚ represented decade of greed‚ stopped being radical‚ worried about weight. * VCRs: video cassette recorders became popular in the late 70’s that allowed viewers to tape and view later their favorite programs and to rent movies on cassette
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Iran Before and After the Revolution The Islamic Republic of Iran‚ formerly known as Iran or Persia‚ was crowded with a young generation looking for full freedom against the Shah. Persia‚ once as a powerful country with vast oil resources‚ soon became a vulnerable nation‚ ready to accept a new leader to guide them. The people were ready for change‚ but were the changes they got the changes they were looking for. The people wanted freedom against the shah‚ (For generations Iran was ruled
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Miracle Miracle is a sports movie made in 2004. The movie is about the story of Coach Herb Brooks‚ and his 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team. Russia has been dominant for years on the ice‚ defeating the best teams the world has to offer‚ including the NHL All-Star team. In an attempt to beat the Russians‚ Herb is hired as the coach the US Olympic team. Brooks now must use his unique coaching method to turn a rag-tag team of hot headed college kids into a medal winning olympic hockey team‚ and finally
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AP US Government and Politics 2003 FRQs By Mitch White mwhite@weberschool.org Marist Summer Institute July 14‚ 2010 2003 AP US Gov FRQ #1 •Presidential approval ratings fluctuate over the course of each presidential administration. –A. Identify two factors that decrease presidential approval ratings‚ and explain why each factor has that effect. –B. Identify two factors that decrease presidential approval ratings‚ and explain why each factor has that effect. 2003 AP US Government & Politics
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Why is there conflict with Iran? 1950-70’s the US supported the ______ or emperor of Iran. He was anti-____________ but he was a harsh ruler to the everyday Iranian. This leads to resentment against the US. 1979 there is the Islamic ______________‚ led by _______________________. Iranian revolutionaries took over _____ American hostages and held them for almost a year and a half. This led to social and political conflict between the US and Iran. Iran used to be a great empire and they wish to
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Persian Gulf state. Phebe Marr‚ a noted analyst of Iraqi affairs‚ stated that "the war was more immediately the result of poor political judgement and miscalculation on the part of Saddam Hussein‚" and "the decision to invade‚ taken at a moment of Iranian weakness‚ was Saddam ’s". Iraq claimed territories inhabited by Arabs (the Southwestern oil-producing province of Iran called
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into fear-inducing fire-and-brimstone rhetoric. With the premise that “torture is justifiable only to save lives‚” Levin illustrates three cases where torture might be justifiable. In the first‚ he describes a terrorist holding a city of millions hostage to an atomic bomb; the second‚ a terrorist who has implanted remote-controlled bombs on a plane; and the third‚ a terrorist who has kidnapped a baby. In each of these cases‚ Levin draws hyperbolic situations where it is insinuated that the extreme
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