the 2000s
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The 2000s. Matt Barone, Matt Bonetti , and Kyle Newlands. Introduction. Advancement and regression. Indroduction. Triumph and disaster. The War on Terror. How it started. 9/11. Four planes hijacked Two of the Four crash into the United States tallest buildings - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The 2000sMatt Barone, Matt Bonetti, and Kyle Newlands
IntroductionAdvancement and regression
IndroductionTriumph and disaster
The War on TerrorHow it started
Four planes hijackedTwo of the Four crash into the United States tallest
buildings One crashes into the Pentagon Another crashes in a rural field in Pennsylvania.
9/11
George W. Bush has public address and states their will be justice served for this horrible crime
October 7, 2001 was the first official day starting the longest lasting war in US history.
Retaliation
Dessert StormMultiple threats and attacks from rebel groupsBut none of these attacks were as deadly as 9/11
& that’s why people call that day the true start of the “War on Terror”
Starting Date?
FBI most wanted person for more than 5 years.The most sought after man of the 21st Century.Blamed for the 9/11 attacks.Killed by Navy SEAL team 6 on May 2, 2011
Osama Bin Laden
Bush believed Saddam Hussein had WMD, And were capable of attacking any part of the world.
And congress believed this was more than enough reason to invade Iraq.
Justified Going to War?
Natural DisastersSoutheast Asian Tsunami (2004)
200,000 people in 12 countries killedHurricane Katrina (2005)
1500 dead and $100 billion in damages
Haitian earthquake (2010)300,000 killed and a million homeless
Obama received the most popular vote in US history.
Was first African American President but also the first to even receive the nomination of one of the major political parties.
Obama
An African American historian at Brown University says, “This moment ranks with the Emancipation Proclamation, The ratification of the 13th Amendment, (which ended slavery) and the Brown vs. the Board of Education as one of the most significant events in the history of the United States”
An event as significant as this happens once in a lifetime.
Obama
82,000 birds, about 6,000 sea turtles and nearly 26,000 marine mammals were harmed in the oil spill.
BP oil spill
Flew virus that came back into the world around 2004-2005.
Killed more than 17,000 people world wide.
H1N1
Category 5 storm, winds over 175 m/phMore than 60 billion dollars spent in repairs.
Katrina
Strengthen US measures to prevent, detect and prosecute international money and financing Terrorism.
The purpose of the act is to detect and punish Terrorist acts in the US and around the Globe.
US Patriot Act
Population growthLack of spaceLimited resourcesEnergy crisisGreen energy
Inventions and DiscoveriesWikipediaYouTubeSocial networkingiPod iPhoneAdvances in television
Television and RadioNew HD TVs change viewers experienceReality TVMovies- Gladiator, Harry Potter, Batman, and Gran
TorinoiPod reduced use of radio
Hip Hop/RapTeen PopDubstepLess Rock and classical More “Hipster” music
Music
Hope