george w. bush. 2000 election gore vs. bush 3 rd party cut into the votes of the major parties...
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George W. Bush
2000 Election
• Gore vs. Bush• 3rd party cut into the votes of the major parties• Florida recounts• Electoral college vs popular vote• Supreme Court decided
No Child Left Behind
• Education policy• Test all students in math and English from 3rd to 8th
grade.
9/11
• Attack by Al-Qaeda• 4 targets – WTC, Pentagon, White House?• Greatest loss of life since Pearl Harbor
US Patriot Act
• Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
• Deter and punish terrorist acts in the US• Expand law enforcement powers
Financial Crisis
• Speculation in the housing market• Mortgages and loans to people who could not afford
them.• Growth of globalization• Foreclosures• Threat of bank failures
Hurricane Katrina
• Levee failure in Louisiana• Failure of Louisiana government response
War on Terror
• Defeat terrorists- Bin Laden and Al-Zarqwai• Defend US citizens and interests in the world• Defeat terrorist organizations
Kyoto Protocol
• Opposed• World Initiative to cut pollution• Would have cost US money and jobs
War in Iraq
• Saddam Hussein refuses to allow UN inspectors in to Iraq to search for weapons of mass destruction.
• US invades• Airstrikes and then land invasion• Hussein captured, tried and executed• US continued to fight against Hussein supporters
Barak Obama
2008 Election
• 1st African American President
Affordable Care Act
• Healthcare bill• Everyone is required to have healthcare
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Economic stimulus to create jobs, promote investment, and increase spending.
• A fix for the economic crisis
Global War on Terror
• Secret mission into Pakistan to get Osama Bin Laden.