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Standard 5.5.CO

5.5.CO Compare and contrast the focus of the U.S. as a world leader before and after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

Persian Gulf War, Part 3
Episode 3

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The United States and the United Nations responded quickly to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. With multiple United Nations sanctions, and chances to leave, Saddam refused to withdraw his military...
Persian Gulf War, Part 2
Episode 2

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Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein earned notoriety for his brutal suppression of political dissidents, oppression of Kurds living in northern Iraq, and his desire for nuclear weapons. World criticism did...
Persian Gulf War, Part 1
Episode 1

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Saddam Hussein instigated the Persian Gulf War with his invasion of Iraq’s next door neighbor Kuwait on August 2, 1990. The introductory segment of this edition of History In A Nutshell sets the stage...
Eyewitness to 9/11, An Upstate Story

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Gaffney native Father Lyndon Harris was the priest in charge of the St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral that is located directly across the street from where the World Trade Center Towers once stood. In this...