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ModernAmerica

5thGradeSocialStudies

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CollapseoftheSovietUnion

MikhaiGorbachevbecametheleaderoftheSovietUnionin1985

PresidentRonaldReaganandGorbachevhadmanymeengs,starngin1985andconnuingthrough1987

GorbachevandReagansignedanuclearweaponstreatyin1987

GorbachevandPresidentBushsignanothernuclearweaponstreatyin1991

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CollapseoftheSovietUnion

ThemajorconflictsoftheColdWarwereover. TheSovietUnionsgovernmentfellapart,andit

brokeintoseveralcountries,includingRussia,

Yugoslavia,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan,

Uzbekistan,Turkmenistan,Armenia,Georgia,

Moldova,Ukraine,andBelarus.

Civilwarsbrokeoutinmanyofthenewcountries,andcommunismlemanyofthenew

countrieswithoutmoney.

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TheFallofCommunism

ManyareasthathadbeencommunistduringtheColdWardecidedagainstcommunismaertheColdWarended.

Severalnewcountriesapprovednewdemocracconstuons. Thesecountriesalsobegantoholddemocraceleconswheretheyvotedfortheirleaders.

Insteadofviolentfighng,eventuallymanypeopleinthesecountriesturnedtononviolent

protest.

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PeaceintheMiddleEast

Inthe1990s,therewasalotofconflictintheMiddleEast.

Thereisalotofoilinthemiddleeast,andmanycountrieswanttobeincontrolofoil

supplies.

ThetensionsoveroilbeganinKuwait.

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MiddleEasternCountries

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MiddleEasternCountries

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PersianGulfWar

AlsoknownasOperaonDesertStorm Star

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WorldPeace

ManyotherareasintheMiddleEastwerehavingotherconflicts.

In1995,PresidentBillClintonhostedpeacetalksinOhio.

Tokeeppeaceinwar-tornareas,theUSsenttroopstoBosniaasaresultofthepeace

talks.

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Arab-IsraeliConflict

ManyconflictsbetweentheArabcountries(Egypt,Syria,Jordan,Lebanon,andIraq)and

Israelstartedinthe1940s.

Conflictsconnuedintothe1990sandsllconnuetoday.

ArabcountriesbegantoargueaboutIsraelsborder,andsomeofthesecountriesbeganto

invadeIsrael.

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Arab-IsraeliConflict

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Arab-IsraeliConflict

Israelfoughtback,andtookmorelandthantheyweregivenbytheUN.

Figh

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TheWaronTerror

OnSeptember11,2001,terroristshijackedfourUSairplanes.

TheyflewtwoofthemintothetwintowersoftheWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkCity,and

athirdintothePentagoninWashington,D.C.

The4thplanecrashedinafieldinPennsylvania.

Theseaackskillednearly3,000Americans.

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TheWaronTerror

Al-Qaeda,aterroristgroup,claimedtobefighngaholywaragainsttheUS.

USPresidentGeorgeW.BushdeclaredaWaronTerroragainstAl-Qaedaandtheir

supporters.

Al-QaedahadtrainingcampsinAfghanistan,andtheirleaderwasrumoredtobehiding

there.

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Afghanistan

OsamaBinLadenwastheleaderofAl-Qaeda,andheclaimedresponsibilityforleadingtheaacks.

HewasfoundhidinginAfghanistanin2011andkilledbyUSNavySEALs. WesllcurrentlyhavetroopsinAfghanistan.Thecountryissllunstable.In2010,President

BarackObamasentasurgeoftroops,hopingthatwillhelpendtheconflict.Troopswillbeginreturninghomesoon.

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OperaonIraqiFreedom

In2003,theUSwenttowarwithIraqbecausePresidentGeorgeW.BushbelievedthatIraqhaddangerousweapons,andthatSaddam

HusseinplannedtousethemagainsttheUnitedStates.

TheUSinvadedIraqwithoutUNpermission. HusseinwasadictatorwhohadmanyIraqiskillediftheydidnotagreewithhispolicies.

In2006,SaddamHusseinwasfoundguiltyforcrimesagainsthumanityandwashanged.

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YourMiddleEastMapProject1. Putyournameonyourmap!2. Labelthefollowingcountries:

Israel,Iraq,SaudiArabia,Kuwait,Afghanistan3. Lightlyshadeeachcountryyoulabeleda

differentcolor.

4. Onindexcards,writeinformaonaboutthefollowingconflicts:

Arab-Israeliconflict PersianGulfWar OperaonIraqiFreedom WaronTerror

5. Aachthe4cardstothemapwithyarnconnecngtheconflicttothecountriesinvolved.