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balfour declaration
Britain’s public acknowledgement and support of the Zionist movement emerged from its growing concern surrounding the direction of the First World War. By mid-1917, Britain and France were mired in a virtual stalemate with Germany on the Western Front, while efforts to defeat Turkey on the Gallipoli Peninsula had failed spectacularly. On the Eastern Front, the fate of one Ally, Russia, was uncertain: revolution in March had toppled Czar Nicholas II, and the provisional government was struggling -
palestine becomes british mandate
The Palestine Mandate was assigned to Britain under the terms of the Balfour Declaration, the wording of which was incorporated into the mandate. Accordingly, unlike the other territories, Palestine, or a part of it, was to be prepared as a national home for the Jewish people, and the British people were to ensure conditions for Jewish -
holocaust
the mass murder of some 6 million European Jews (as well as members of some other persecuted groups, such as Gypsies and homosexuals) by the German Nazi regime during the Second World War. To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community. -
Six Day War
June 5-10, 1967
The war was against Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Israel believed that it was only a matter of time before the three Arab states co-ordinated a massive attack on Israel -
Arab Oil Embargo
The empargo was in response to Yom Kippur War. Members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) proclaimed an oil embargo. By end of embargo march 1974,price of oil had risen from $3 per barrel to nearly $12. it had many short/long term effects on our economy -
Yom Kippur War
Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war, in 1967 -
Jimmy Carter Becomes President
39th President of US - Served 1 term (4 years) 2002 awarded nobel peace prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. -
Alaskan Pipeline
Construction begain in April of 1974, oil began to flow June 1977. It was built in response to Oil Embargo. Final price tag was 8 billion $ -
camp david accords
Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign the Camp David Accords. they were were negotiated during 12 days of intensive talks at President Jimmy Carter’s Camp David retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland. -
iran hostage crisis
a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. The students set their hostages free on January 21, 1981, 444 days after the crisis began and just hours after President Ronald Reagan delivered his inaugural address -
Ronald Reagan Becomes Presidne
40th Presidnenot of US - Served 2 terms (1981-89). Developed Reaganomics (controlling inflation and spurring economic growth through tax cuts, reduced business regulation, and reduced growth in government spending) He ended the Cold War.
March 30, 1981 he survived an assasination attempt -
Embassy Bombing in Tanzania
A series of attacks, in which hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the embassies of the United States in two East African cities. Widely believed to have been revenge for American involvement in the extradition, and alleged torture, of four members of Egyptian Islamic Jihad -
George H.W. Bush Becomes President
41st President of US - Served 1 term (4 yrs)
Signed Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Signed an increase in taxes, Signed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, Reauthorized the Clean Air Act, Launched a full-scale air assault and ground invasion against Iraq as part of the Gulf War Invaded Panama in 1989 , Spearheaded the negotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -
Desert Storm
17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991,The conflict, as know as the Gulf War, was waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwai. -
Bill Clinton Becomes President
42 President of US - Served 1 term (4 yrs)
His term included the longest economic expansion in history (115 months), lowests unemployment in 30 years, created FMLA leave act, Signed Brady law, -
World Trade Center 1993
truck bomb was detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, Six people died and 1,000 were injured. Ramzi Yousef directed the organization and execution of the bombing. He said he did it to avenge the sufferings Palestinian people had endured at the hands of U.S.-aided Israel. -
Centrazbat 1997
Centrazbat-97, a joint military exercise which includes Turkey, the United States and Russia along with three Central Asian republics -
embassy bombing in kenya
The 1998 United States embassy bombings were a series of attacks that occurred on 7 August 1998, in which hundreds of people were killed in simultaneous truck bomb explosions at the embassies of the United States in two East African cities – the Embassy in Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania, and the Embassy in Nairobi, the capital and largest city of Kenya. -
U.S.S. Cole
The terrorist organization al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on the U.S.S. Cole (a US guided-missile destroyer) while it was harbored and being refueled in the Yemeni port of Aden. 17 American sailors were killed, and 39 were injured. This event was the deadliest attack against a United States Naval vessel since 1987. -
George W. Bush Becomes Presidnet
43rd President of US - served 2 tearms (2001-2009)
Implemented the $1.3 trillion "Bush tax cuts" of 2001 and 2003,Signed the No Child Left Behind Act, Signed the USA PATRIOT Act, Ordered an invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 to overthrow the Taliban, destroy Al-Qaeda, and to capture Osama bin Laden following the September 11 terrorist attacks -
World Trade Center 2001
On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania -
Iraq 2001 - Present
War in Afganistan, War on Terror to destroy al-Qaeda, and to deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power -
Barack Obama Becomes President
44th President of US - 2 terms
Created Obamacare (Affordable care act) to provide heath care for uninsurred. 2009 Nobel Peace Prize -
soviets invade afghanistan
The Soviets invaded Afghanistan to ensure that a pro-Soviet regime would be in power in the country. The Soviet invasion shocked the West, as it was the first direct use of Soviet combat troops outside the region of the Warsaw Pact. In response to the invasion, the United States imposed a grain embargo on the Soviets. It also withdrew from the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. More importantly, the Soviet invasion resulted in increased defense spending in the United States. -
US relations with Isreal
Since 1948 when President Truman recognized Isreal there have been ups and downs, we have supported Isreal against Egypt and heped create a peace treaty for the two countries. Witnessed peace treaty between Isreal and Jorden.2010 Obama was not happy with Isreal creating more settlements near Jerusalem
