THE 2000S By Chloe Roberts, Kris Lantz, and Alivia Fink

TARGET

Describe the controversy surrounding the presidential election of 2000

THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CONTROVERSY

George W. Bush vs. Al Gore The outcome of this election was based on one

state: Florida. It took five weeks to determine who had won

Florida. Al Gore gained half a million more votes than

George W. Bush but he lost the electoral college when Florida’s votes were counted

The official margin that Bush won by was 537 votes.

First election in 112 years in which a candidate has lost the popular vote, but won the electoral college and became president.

HISTORIC EVENTS AND PEOPLE 9/11

World Trade center destroyed by terrorists Terrorists: 19 men from the Islamist militant group

al-Qaeda Osama Bin Laden responsible for attacks- lead the

group of men Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks Men hijacked 4 passenger jets

American Airlines Flight 11 (Twin Towers) United Airlines Flight 175 (Twin Towers) American Airlines Flight 77 (Pentagon) United Airlines Flight 93 (intended for D.C. but

never made it)

TV, FILM, AMD THEATRE

Reality Tv Harry Potter American Idol Disney Channel

REALITY TV MTV changed from showing just music videos to

showing TV shows as well Shows like Made, Cribs, My Super Sweet 16, Parental

Control, True Life, and Real world made their debut on TVs across America.

HARRY POTTER BOOKS

This seven book series follows Harry Potter and his two friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger through their lives at Hogwarts

J.K. Rowling become the first billion dollar author

The Harry Potter series has been translated into 67 different languages As of 2011, the series has become the best selling book series in history with 450 million copies sold.

HARRY POTTER MOVIES

$7,706,147,978- total amount made on all 8 movies

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is the #3 all time best movie worldwide

Oscars won for the movies- Best Make Up, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Arts

AMERICAN IDOL

Reality singing competition starting in 2001. Successful winners include:

Kelly Clarkson

Scotty McCreery

Carrie Underwood

Jordan Sparks Other Successful participants inlcude:

Daughtry, Kelli Pickler, Lauren Alaina, Adam Lambert

Judges over the years: Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Jennifer Lopez, Ellen DeGeneres, Steven Tyler

DISNEY CHANNEL

Original Movies: Double Teamed, Miracle in Lane 2, Cadet Kelly, Gotta Kick It Up, The Cheetah Girls, Lizzie McGuire Movie, High School Musical 1,2 &3, The Hannah Montana Movie.

TV Shows: Kim Possible, Lizzie McGuire, Even Stevens, That’s So Raven, Suite Life of Zach and Cody, Hannah Montana, Phineas and Ferb.

TARGET

Summarize the impact of and responses to natural disaster: Southeast Asian Tsunami (2004) Hurricane Katrina (2005) Haitian Earthquake (2010)

SOUTHEAST ASIAN TSUNAMI(2004)

Impact: More than 230,000 people died in southeast Asia(14 countries).

-4,100 died in Indonesia

-3,500 died in Sri Lanka

-2,000 died in India.

-The magnitude of the earthquake was an 8.9. Responses:

- Immediate reactions include financial aid from foreign countries and panic from southeast Asian countries.

-The Worldwide community donated $ 14 billion in humanitarian aid.

-Australia donated the most money-$ 819.9 million

HURRICANE KATRINA Impact:

- Houses were marked with red X's and windows were spray painted with the number of people found dead.

- The devastation was so large that it took 6 months to clean the city and 80 days to "unwater" it.

-At least 1,836 people died

- Caused damage from Texas to Florida but did most damage to southern Louisiana.(New Orleans)

Response:

-The federal government signed a 10.5 billion dollar relief package.

-200 active duty troops were order to assist with relief efforts.

HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE Impact

-January 12th 2010 an earthquake with the 7.0 magnitude hit off the coast of Port-au-Prince.

-52 after shocks recorded at the magnitude of 4.5 had hit up until January 24th.

-316,00 people died, 300,000 were injured, and 1,000,000 were left homeless.

Response:

-Many countries and organizations/agencies supplied aid.

-Agencies commended for their work: United States Coast Guard, National Hurricane Center, and National Weather Service.

- Search and rescue teams were supplied and food and water was sent over.

TARGET

Identify the significance and social impact of Obama winning the 2009 presidential election

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT…

Barack Obama not only became the first African American president, but beat out a Vietnam war veteran and the wife of a former president

 He is said to have gained the presidency by revolutionizing the way a presidential candidate relates to the public.

For the first time in 8 years, Congress was back into a democratic majority.

This election was said to be polarizing, which means people cast their votes for a candidate based on a factor like race or gender

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S DOMESTIC POLICY ACHIEVEMENTS

TAX CUTS: Obama's first major recommendation to Congress was for

an $800-billion economic stimulus package: the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. This was passed through congress by the democratic majority in February 2009

President Obama signed a $858 billion tax cut bill into a law in December 2010HEALTH CARE REFORM:

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act- ensured all Americans access to affordable, quality health care on March 23,2010

GOVERNMENT SPENDING: Decreased the number of Government employees by 2.6%

-this law was called the "PAY GO" rule. The government only spends what it can afford.

TARGET

Explain the accelerated rate at which the world population is increasing and identify strains this places on the world economy.

ENERGY CRISIS Petroleum demand has increased due to population growth. Because the world population is growing faster than oil

production, production per capita peeked. 2000's almost everyone relied on cars. Oil production and usage skyrocketed. Prices of crude oil went up drastically between 2003 and 2008 World crude oil demand grew 1.76% per year from 1994-2006

and a high of 3.4% from 2003-2004 due to population growth Between 1995 and 2005 consumption of oil grew from 17.7

million barrels to 20.7 million barrels mainly because of the use of cars

Because the population was increasing quickly, more people were using cars, ultimately leading to the crisis

Growing populations reliance on cars is using a lot of renewable resources.

End of Crisis: Beginning of 2008 prices began to fall. Major reduction of barrels of oil produced.

FADS OF THE 2000S Flash Mobs- a spontaneous assembly in a public place

usually performing a dance YouTube- video sharing website created in 2005 by

three guys in California Hybrid Cars- uses two or more distinct power sources

to move the vehicle. Types include: Toyota Prius, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, Saturn VUE, Lexus LS.

Low carb Diets- south beach diet, Adkins Diet, Weight Watchers, Jared from Subway and the Subway diet

FLASH MOB AT OSU

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FASHION OF THE 2000S

Crocs Leggins Skinny Jeans Crop tops Uggs Converse Skater shoes Yoga pants

MUSIC Popular Artists

Lady Gaga Rihanna Taylor Swift Lil Wayne Justin Bieber Brittany Spears

HISTORIC EVENTS AND PEOPLE

Michael Jackson’s Death-Died June 25, 2009-50 years old-Propofal intoxication- suffered respiratory arrest

Public Reaction-Through media, the news about Michael Jackson spread quickly online-Websites crashes because of the number of people searching his death-5,000 tweets per minute mentions Michael Jackson-Fans gathered outside of the UCLA medical center-Streets around the hospital were blocked off-Americans left their offices and factories to watch the news