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= United States History II: =

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Civil Rights:




The Rise of Industry:
Triangle Shirtwaist Movie: @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/triangle/player/

Entering the World Stage:


U.S. personnel are seeing active combat in [|Afghanistan]. Others are deployed as part of several peacekeeping missions, [|military attachés], or are part of [|embassy] and[|consulate] security.
 * The military of the United States is deployed ** in more than 150 countries around the world, with 196,248 of its 1,414,149 active-duty personnel serving outside the United States and its territories. Most of these overseas personnel are deployed in combat zones in the Middle east, as part of the [|War on Terror]. Many of the remainder are located at installations activated during the [|Cold War], by which the US government sought to challenge the [|Soviet Union] in the aftermath of World War II



Countries in which the U.S. has a military presence in 2007

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 * 1) 1. Why do you think the U.S. goes into other countries today? For what purposes?


 * 1) 2. What role is the U.S. playing in this situation?


 * 1) 3. Why do you think the U.S. chose to play this role?


 * 1) 4. Based on what you know now, Should the U.S. have become involved in this situation?


 * 1) 5. How are the reasons for entering into other countries similar and different today from the late 1800s?

Spanish American War

= World War I: =

Lusitania Song





=70th Anniversary of D-Day=

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Obama Normandy