Transcript 3 Mile Island - Woodland Hills School District

3 Mile Island
 The Three Mile Island
accident was a partial
nuclear meltdown which
occurred at the Three Mile
Island power plant in
Dauphin County,
Pennsylvania, United
States on March 28, 1979.
It was the worst accident in
U.S. commercial nuclear
power plant history, and
resulted in the release of
small amounts of
radioactive gases and
radioactive iodine into the
environment.
Cold War
 The Cold War (approx.
1945–1991) was a
continuing state of
political and military
tension between the
powers of the Western
world, led by the United
States and its NATO
allies, and the
communist world, led by
the Soviet Union, its
satellite states and allies.
Iran Hostage Crisis
 The Iran hostage crisis was
a diplomatic crisis between
Iran and the United States
where 52 Americans were
held hostage for 444 days
from November 4, 1979 to
January 20, 1981, after a
group of Islamist students
and militants took over the
American Embassy in Tehran
in support of the Iranian
Revolution. President Carter
called the hostages "victims of
terrorism and anarchy,"
adding that the "United States
will not yield to blackmail."
Ruhollah Ayatollah Khomeini
 was an Iranian religious
leader and politician, and
leader of the 1979 Iranian
Revolution which saw the
overthrow of Mohammad
Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of
Iran. Following the
revolution, Khomeini
became the country's
Supreme Leader — a
position created in the
constitution as the highest
ranking political and
religious authority of the
nation — until his death.
1973 Gas Crisis
 The 1973 oil crisis
started in October 1973,
when the members of
Organization of Arab
Petroleum Exporting
Countries or the OAPEC
(consisting of the Arab
members of OPEC, plus
Egypt, Syria and Tunisia)
proclaimed an oil
embargo.
Munich Olympics
 Games of the XX Olympiad
Host city Munich, West
Germany Nations
participating 124 Athletes
participating 7170 The 1972
Summer Olympics,
officially known as the
Games of the XX
Olympiad held in Munich,
West Germany, from August
26 to September 5, 1972. The
killings of 11 Israeli athletes
by Palestinian gunmen in an
event known as the Munich
massacre took center stage.
Watergate
 The Watergate scandal
was a political scandal that
occurred in the United
States in the 1970s as a
result of the June 1972
break-in at the Democratic
National Committee
headquarters at the
Watergate office complex
in Washington, D.C., and
the Nixon administration's
attempted cover-up of its
involvement.
Vietnam
 The Vietnam War was a
Cold War-era military conflict
that occurred in Vietnam,
Laos, and Cambodia from 1
November 1955 to the fall of
Saigon on 30 April 1975. This
war followed the First
Indochina War and was
fought between North
Vietnam, supported by its
communist allies, and the
government of South
Vietnam, supported by the
United States of America and
other anti-communist
countries
The Great Society
 was a set of domestic
programs in the United
States promoted by
President Lyndon B.
Johnson and fellow
Democrats in Congress
in the 1960s. Two main
goals of the Great Society
social reforms were the
elimination of poverty
and racial injustice.
African-American Civil Rights Movement
 The (1955–1968) refers
to the movements in the
United States aimed at
outlawing racial
discrimination against
African Americans and
restoring voting rights to
them.
Counter Culture 1970s
 In the United States, the
counterculture of the 1960s
became identified with the
rejection of conventional
social norms of the 1950s.
Counterculture youth
rejected the cultural
standards of their parents,
especially with respect to
racial segregation and
initial widespread support
for the Vietnam War, and,
less directly, the Cold War
Decline of Steel Industry in Pittsburgh
 The large mills in the
Pittsburgh region faced
competition from newer,
more profitable "minimills" and non-union
mills with lower labor
costs. Beginning in the
late 1970s and early
1980s, the steel industry
in Pittsburgh began to
implode.
The 1980s
The Iran–Contra affair
 The Iran–Contra affair
political scandal in the United
States that came to light in
November 1986. During the
Reagan administration, senior
Reagan administration
officials secretly facilitated the
sale of arms to Iran, the
subject of an arms embargo.
Some U.S. officials also hoped
that the arms sales would
secure the release of hostages
and allow U.S. intelligence
agencies to fund the
Nicaraguan Contras.
Reganomics
 The four pillars of
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Reagan's economic
policy were to:[2]
Reduce the growth of
government spending
Reduce income tax and
capital gains tax
Reduce government
regulation of economy
Control money supply to
reduce inflation
Star Wars
 The Strategic Defense
Initiative (SDI) was
proposed by U.S.
President Ronald Reagan
on March 23, 1983, to
use ground- and spacebased systems to protect
the United States from
attack by strategic
nuclear ballistic missiles.
NASA Sally Ride
 Dr Ride is best known as
America’s first woman in
space. She flew in space
twice, first in 1983
aboard the Space Shuttle
Challenger, then again
aboard Challenger in
1984.
Effects of Vietnam
 Socially
 Politically
 Emotionally
Fall of Berlin Wall
 Historical
Importance of the
Berlin Wall: The Berlin
Wall was the physical
division between West
Berlin and East
Germany. However, it
was also the symbolic
boundary between
democracy and
Communism during the
Cold War.
80s war on Drugs
 Midway into his second
term, Reagan declared
more militant policies in
the War on Drugs. He said
that "drugs were menacing
our society" and promised
to fight for drug-free
schools and workplaces,
expanded drug treatment,
stronger law enforcement
and drug interdiction
efforts, and greater public
awareness
The Exxon Valdez oil spill
 occurred in Prince
William Sound, Alaska,
on March 24, 1989, when
the Exxon Valdez, an oil
tanker bound for Long
Beach, California, struck
Prince William Sound's
Bligh Reef and spilled
260,000 to 750,000
barrels (41,000 to
119,000 m3) of crude oil.
AIDS epidemic
 Since AIDS was first
recognized in 1981, it has
led to the deaths of more
than 46 million people,
making it one of the most
destructive diseases in
recorded history
1990s
Kosovo and US relations
 The United States of
America has also assisted
Albanians in fighting
Yugoslavia during the
Kosovo War by deploying
military forces and
aircraft. Kosovan people
have also expressed their
gratitude for the United
States by parading in the
streets with US flags and
thanking the US for their
support after the war.
Challenger
 was destroyed as it broke
up in mid-flight in the
second minute of its
tenth mission, on
January 28, 1986, at
11:38:00 am The
breakup was ultimately
due to the failure of an
O-ring on its right solidfuel rocket booster
(SRB).
Clinton Impeachment Trial
 Bill Clinton, 42nd
President of the United
States, was impeached by
the House of
Representatives on two
charges, one of perjury
and one of obstruction of
justice, on December 19,
1998.
Operation Desert Storm
 The Persian Gulf War (2
August 1990 – 28 February
1991), codenamed
Operation Desert
Storm (17 January 1991 –
28 February 1991)
commonly referred to as
simply the Gulf War, was
a war waged by a UNauthorized coalition force
from 34 nations led by the
United States, against Iraq
in response to Iraq's
invasion and annexation of
Kuwait
Welfare Reform 1990s
 The Personal
Responsibility and
Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of
1996 (PRWORA) is a
United States federal law
considered to be a
fundamental shift in both
the method and goal of
federal cash assistance to
the poor. The bill added a
workforce development
component to welfare
legislation, encouraging
employment among the
poor.
The Oklahoma City bombing
 The Oklahoma City
bombing was a terrorist
bomb attack on the Alfred
P. Murrah Federal Building
in downtown Oklahoma
City on April 19, 1995. It
would remain the most
destructive act of terrorism
on American soil until the
September 11, 2001 attacks.
The Oklahoma blast
claimed 168 lives, including
19 children under the age
of 6, and injured more than
680 people
NAFTA
 The North American
Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA)
is an agreement signed
by the governments of
Canada, Mexico, and the
United States, creating a
trilateral trade bloc in
North America.
Don't ask, Don't tell" (DADT)
 "Don't ask, don't tell"
(DADT) was the official
United States policy on
homosexuals serving in the
military from December 21,
1993 to September 20,
2011. The policy prohibited
military personnel from
discriminating against or
harassing closeted
homosexual or bisexual
service members or
applicants, while barring
openly gay, lesbian, or
bisexual persons from
military service
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