Mayaguez Incident
Sunday, October 31st, 2010Can you help me explain these American History events?
Well we're doing a project for my American History class and we're not supposed to use dictionaries, encyclopedias, references materials, etc. to complete it. So I figure I'd use my lovely friends on Y!A! =] ALL HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!
Just briefly in like 2-3 sentences describe the event. THANK YOU!
Events:
Nixon Goes to China
SALT I
Watergate
Roe v. Wade
Yom Kippur War
Arab oil embargo
Nixon Resigns
Fall of Saigon
Mayaguez incident
Helsinki Accords
Camp David Accords
Iran Hostage Crisis
Afghan Invasion (USSR)
Iran-Contra scandal
Fall of the Wall of Berlin
Persian Gulf War
Break up of the Soviet Union
NAFTA
Impeachment of Bill Clinton
9/11 attacks
Afghan Invasion (USA)
Iraq Invasion
For Iraq and Afghanistan invasion and 9/11 attacks you shouldn't need any reference material. The invasions are still going on so there should be some stuff in the news and 9/11 was only 7 years ago so rely on your memory (if your doing history like this you're probably old enough to remember something)
Impeachment of Bill Clinton - was due to Monica Lewinski. He had oral sex with her and then denied it.
Gulf War - Same general location as Iraq war but in the early 90's
Berlin Wall - was erected after the war to divide Germany in to West (which was the same as it had always been) and East Germany which was controlled by communists. It fell during the 80's - I think it was 84
Nixon resigned over Watergate - I'm not sure what watergate was all about though
That's about all I can help with. I know the others happened but no details. sorry