The Gulf War/Bush Presidency

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

9

Overview

Learn about the Gulf War, the U.S. military action to expel Iraq after it invaded its neighboring country, Kuwait. When the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, ordered Iraqi forces to invade Kuwait, President George H. W. Bush made it clear that the United States would not stand for Iraq’s aggression. The Bush foreign policy team developed an international coalition that used military action to force Iraq out of Kuwait. This resource is part of the Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team collection.

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Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 9 - World History

SS10.WH.16

Describe the role of nationalism, militarism, and civil war in today’s world, including the use of terrorism and modern weapons at the close of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries.

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Vocabulary

  • nationalism
  • militarism
  • terrorism
  • Iran Hostage Crisis
  • Gulf Wars
  • terrorist attacks
  • Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The role of nationalism, militarism, civil war, and terrorism in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Develop an understanding of key historical events, using a variety of primary and secondary resources.
  • Explain relationship among key historical events and economics, political and social ideologies, and geography.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Nationalism, militarism, civil war, and terrorism all played a role in world events in the close of the twentieth and beginning of the twenty-first centuries.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

CUSTOM

Accessibility

Video resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
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