Topic:
Modern Events
Essential Question:
How have modern events affected you?
 The Middle East
 Israel (1948)
 The UN approved its creation in response to the
Holocaust
 Israel (1948)
 The UN approved its creation in response to the
Holocaust
 Continuing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians
 The UN approved its creation in response to the
Holocaust
 Continuing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians
 OPEC (1960)
 Alliance of oil-producing nations (mostly in Middle
East)
 OPEC (1960)
 Alliance of oil-producing nations (mostly in Middle
East)
 1970s
 Richard Nixon
 1970s
 Richard Nixon
 Officially recognized communist China
 Richard Nixon
 Officially recognized communist China
 Watergate scandal forced him to resign
 Only US President to resign
 Watergate scandal forced him to resign
 Only US President to resign
 Gerald Ford
 Appointed Vice President
 Gerald Ford
 Appointed Vice President
 Became President when Nixon
resigned
 Only President who was not
elected to the Executive Branch
 Pardoned Nixon
 Only President who was not elected to the
Executive Branch
 Pardoned Nixon
 Jimmy Carter
 Recession and inflation
 Jimmy Carter
 Recession and inflation
 Middle East issues
 Oil Crisis
 Iran Hostage Crisis
 Oil Crisis
 Iran Hostage Crisis
 Camp David Accords
 Helped negotiate peace
agreements between Israel and
Egypt (normalized relations)
 Camp David Accords
 Helped negotiate peace agreements between Israel
and Egypt (normalized relations)
 Discuss
 Israel
 OPEC
 Richard Nixon
 Gerald Ford
 Jimmy Carter
 Write a sentence
explaining how the
Nixon’s presidency
ended.
 Camp David Accords
 Helped negotiate peace agreements between
Israel and Egypt (normalized relations)
 1990s
 George H.W. Bush
 Persian Gulf War (1st Iraq War)
 George H.W. Bush
 Persian Gulf War (1st Iraq War)
 Globalization
 European Union (EU)
 Purpose = promote trade and cooperation in Europe
 Euro (1999)
 Common currency
 Euro (1999)
 Common currency
 NAFTA
 Free trade agreement between the
U.S., Mexico, and Canada
 Impeachment
 Not removed from office
 2000s
 George W. Bush
 September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks
 George W. Bush
 September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
 Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
 September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
 Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
 Barack Obama
 1st African American President
 Healthcare reform
 1st African American President
 Healthcare reform
 Elimination of terrorist leader
Osama bin Laden
 Healthcare reform
 Elimination of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden
 Discuss
 George H.W. Bush
 Globalization
 Bill Clinton
 George W. Bush
 Barack Obama
 Write a sentence
explaining what
happened on
September 11, 2001.