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Oil use was fairly high in the 1970s. The Middle East was having religious conflict so they cut off petroleum exports to the West. Oil prices skyrockeed.
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Iranian revolutionaries invaded the US Embassy in Iran and took more than 60 Americans hostage. The hostages remained kidnapped for 444 days.
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The Somalia military shot down two American helicopters using rocket-propelled grenades. 18 Americans died.
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An American man bombed a governement building in Oklahoma City. He had felt like the citizens were being mistreated by the governemtn. The incident killed 168 people.
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Al Qaeda bombed 2 American ebassies in Kenya and Tanzania. It killed 220 people.
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This was a suicide attack sent by al Qaeda on an American ship and killed 17 people. It didn't actually sink the ship, but it was still fatal to some people.
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Al Qaeda hijacked 4 planes and planned to run into major American buildings. Two ran into the World Trade Center, one crashed into the Pentegon, and the other crashed into a random field. It killed thousands of innocient Americans.
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Thiswas an intervention of NATO in Afghanistan and allied forces in Afghan Civil War. It followed 9/11 in effort to end al Qaeda and remove the Taliban from power.
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The Department of Homeland Security was created in response to the 9/11 attacks. It protects the United States and its territories, responds to terrorist attacks, man made accidents and natural disasters. It also prepares for, prevents, and responds to domestic emergencies.
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This was a mass murder in Fort Hood in Texas. A US Army Major shot and killed 13 people and injured another 30. It is said to have produced more casualties than on any other American military base.
