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Karl Marx is credited for communism, He was a philosopher, scientist, and historian.

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The Persian Gulf War started when Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, decided to take control of Kuwait. The US got involved.

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President Bill Clinton hosts the signing of the Peace Treaty between Israel and Palestine.

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The War on Drugs- an organized effort to end the trade and use of illegal drugs- began in the 1970's.

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We bomb Afghanistan terrorists with Great Britan.
Yes we do

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Written in 1923, and has 73 articles. refined in 2004

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We entered WWII because of Pearl Harbor.

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On May 7, 1915, the british passengership, the Lusitania, was sunk by a German submarine, killing 1,201 inocent people.

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The War of 1812 was a war between Britain and USA. Neither side won in the end,

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In 1917 communists in Russia take over the government.

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Israel and Palestine fighting over land

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The neutrality proclamation was when George Washington assured that America would remain neutral and stay out of it.

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Neutrality Proclamation - George Washington - Hear the Full Text

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On September 11, 2001, a plane crashed into the twin towers. It was an act of terrorism.

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Clear shot of plane hitting tower two and tower in goes up...

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South Tower impact. This is a clip from the CameraPlanet 9/11 Archive. For information regarding full resolution clips of this material, or the archive - email Archive@CameraPlanet.com Word Trade Center, September 11th, WTC, Terrorism, New York, Osama Bin Laden. Credits: Archive Director:Steven Rosenbaum

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Russia put missiles in Cuba. We responded with the threat of a nuclear war, Russia backed down and agreed to remove their missles in the 1960s.

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Video Works Cited: - Coleman, David G. "Cuban Missile Crisis." Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 3rd ed. Vol. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003. 474-475. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 4 May. 2011. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CCX3401801103&v=2.1 &u=new11256&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w "Cuban Missile Crisis." Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web.

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The Berlin blockade was made by the Soviet Union to keep the U.S. out of West Berlin. The U.S. flew in all the supplys that West Berlin needed.

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United Nations:

an organization that promotes peacful coexistance and worldwide cooperation

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Nuclear weapons start to clash over Kashmir

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U.S. is worried about the spread of AIDS in Africa.

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removed us form Latin America which destroyed Monroe doctrine, but improved relations with Latin America

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The Truman Doctrine begins policy of containment; financial aid to keep communism from spreading.

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One of the many event to signal the end of the Cold War is the destuction of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

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Top 10 Terrorist attacks! honor the people who lost there lives by not one but ten different attacks.

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The Roosevelt Corollary made the Monroe Doctrine stronger.

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Satellite Nations is when countries are controlled by other countries. Examples are Albania,Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hugary, Romania, and Poland. These countries were controlled by the Soviet Union.

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U.S. became involved in limited war when Communist North Korea invades Noncommunist South Korea.

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The Monroe Doctrine was a doctrine that stated that the US would consider any European interference in Latin America an unfriendly act.

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Communism in China was created in 1921, and and Mao Zedong controlled in 1947.

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League of Nations- a group of countries that worked hard to prevent conflicts and wars.  The U.S. never joined the league, due to isolationism.

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We entered Vietnam to maintain our foreign policy of containment of Communism.

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Dollar diplomacy was created by William Howard Taft and his secretary of state. This ensured national financial stability while protecting and extending American financial interests.

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Communism is a political system that believes there should be a classless society where acts and work are for the same pay.
The "final words" at the end of the vid do not pay attention to!

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Russia and Eastern Europe became a part of NATO, has suffered from terrorist attacks and is having trouble resolving conflicts with other countries after the Cold War.

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NAFTA - Allows North American countries to trade freely

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Cold War

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Isolationism

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