Module 13 Notes

Question 1

New World Order Speech

Answer 1

George H.W Bush (former head of CIA & VP)

• speech discusses world government and economy; UN peacekeeping to police the worlds; led by US

Question 2

Manuel Noriega (panama)

Answer 2

overthrown by the US government

Question 3

Operation Just Cause

Answer 3

26k US troops invade panama
- condemned as a violation of international law

Question 4

Saddam Hussein (Iraq)

Answer 4

Invades Kuwait to gain control of reserves

Question 5

Operation Desert Storm

Answer 5

Coalition of 49 nations

• led by US and Saudi Arabia
• Iraqi fires SCUD missiles in Saudi Arabia and Israel

Question 6

Srebrenica Massacre (balkan Crisis)

Answer 6

8k balkan men and boys

Question 7

Dayton Peace Accords

Answer 7

Ended the Balkan Crisis

Question 8

Hutu and Tutsi tribes

Answer 8

2 largest ethnic groups in Rwanda

Question 9

Axis of Evil Speech

Answer 9

Iraq, Iran, North Korea

Accused of harboring terrorists and developing weapons of mass destruction; expansion of war on terror

Question 10

Push for regime change in Iraq

Answer 10

Dick Chaney and Donald Rumsfeld

Threat that they were trying to acquire a nuclear weapon; had links with Al Qaeda

Question 11

Colin Powell makes case at UN for war

Answer 11

supposed evidence they were buying uranium in Africa

American media spreads claim with no independent investigation

UN denies war

US and Britain launch war anyways

Question 12

Operation Iraqi freedom

Answer 12

aerial attack fall of Saddam Husseins regime