Week 8 Discussion 

Required Resources


Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 32
• Lesson
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source from the Chamberlain Library resources below:
  • Sources for the Week 8 Discussion are available by accessing this link.Links to an external site.
  • The “Popular Data Bases” within the Library Guide for scholarly sources and videos via Search Popular History DatabasesLinks to an external site. or the History Library GuideLinks to an external site..

Initial Post Instructions

In preparation for the initial post, consider two (2) terrorist activities from the 1980s until today. You may also choose from domestic terrorist attacks. Here is a starting point:

• 1983: The United States Embassy in Beirut and Kuwait is bombed.
• 1983: Bombing of US Marine barracks in Beirut
• 1993: World Trade Center Bombing (first time)
• 1995: Oklahoma City Bombing
• 1998: United States Embassy bombings Nairobi and Sar Es Salaam
• 2001: 9/11 Bombing of the World Trade Centers
• 2001: Bio Terrorism begins (anthrax letters and Bill Gates’s warnings on bioterrorism)
• 2013: Boston Marathon Bombings
• 2015: Charleston Church shooting (Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church)
• 2016: Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting
• 2018: Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
• 2019: El Paso shooting (Walmart)
• 2022: Buffalo shooting (Tops Supermarket)

Then, in one (1) to two (2) paragraphs, address two (2) of the following:

• Explain if you think that global and domestic terrorism can be stopped.
• Analyze whether the United States should be the world’s “policeman.”
• Assess if using military or police force is the only way to prevent terrorism. Are there other possible alternatives? Which strategy is best and why?
• Discuss the ways American society has changed since 9/11 in the realms of our government, workplace, and society in general.
• Analyze two terrorist events from this list or from other modern terrorist events. How do they compare and/or contrast?