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Unit Four: When is the Use of Force justified?

Unit Four: When is the Use of Force justified?. The “War” unit. Closing of the Frontier. 1890: The western frontier is declared “closed” so U.S. looks elsewhere for land. Spanish-American War. Spain and the US mutually declare war on one another after US involvement in Cuba. World War One.

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Unit Four: When is the Use of Force justified?

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  1. Unit Four:When is the Use of Force justified? The “War” unit

  2. Closing of the Frontier • 1890: The western frontier is declared “closed” so U.S. looks elsewhere for land.

  3. Spanish-American War • Spain and the US mutually declare war on one another after US involvement in Cuba.

  4. World War One • US stays out of the five-year war for the first 3 ½ years but then enters under President Wilson’s watch.

  5. World War Two: Hitler in Europe • Hitler invades Poland in 1939 after duping European leaders including British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. US remains a spectator.

  6. World War Two: Pearl Harbor • Attack on US soil draws the US into the war, immediately declaring retaliation against Japan.

  7. World War Two: Atomic Bomb • Decision to use atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a means to end the war.

  8. Vietnam: Getting in • US gets involved in a bid to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.

  9. Vietnam: Getting out • Over ten years later, and tens of thousands dead, the US wrestles with how to end its involvement.

  10. Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction • Under the George W. Bush administration, the US enters Iraq in 2003 under the pretext of stopping Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction.

  11. Afghanistan: September 11 and the hunt for Osama bin Laden • US invades Afghanistan in fall 2001 in order to find Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

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