America, Land I Love Chapter 24 Review

Bill Clinton

President who visited the Communist nation of Vietnam at the close of his second term; first President to visit since the Vietnam War.

Al Gore

Democratic Vice President (under Clinton) who was defeated in the 2000 election by George W. Bush.

September 11, 2001

Terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon with hijacked planes; first attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor.

World Trade Center

Prominent skyscraper complex in NYC destroyed on Sept 11, 2001. by two hijacked airline jets piloted by Muslim terrorists.

Rudi Giuliani

Mayor of New York during September 11, 2001, terrorist attack in the United States (9/11)

Osama bin laden

Head of the radical terrorist group Al Qaeda, which was responsible for 9/11.

Al Qaeda

Radical Islamic terrorist group headed by Osama bin Laden; responsible for 9/11 attacks

Department of Homeland Security

Created by President Bush in 2002 to promote the safety of the American people and the security of the American homeland.

Taliban

The strict Islamic government of Afghanistan which was known to be sheltering AlQaeda terrorists at the time of the Sept 11 attack.

Iraq

Country in the Middle East once ruled by dictator Saddam Hussein; invaded by U.S. forces in2003; Hussein was captured, and Iraq was enabled, with the help of U.S. troops to hold free elections in 2005

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi dictator who was forced from power in 2004 by a U.S. military invasion.

Space Shuttle Columbia

NASA space shuttle that burned up while returning to Earth in 2003.

North Korea

Communist nation in the Far East which achieved nuclear missile capability in 2003

Florida

State hit with four hurricanes in 2004.

Samuel Alito

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 2006 to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

New Orleans

City in Louisiana destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, partly by the storm and partly due to flooding when levees along Lake Pontchartrain failed.

John G. Roberts

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate in 2005 after the death of former Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

2003

U.S. invasion of Iraq

George W Bush

43rd President of the United States (Republican); known for tax cuts, invasion of Iraq, and a conservative stand on moral issues.

John Kerry

Democratic Senator from Massachusetts who was defeated by George W Bush in the 2004 election.

weapons of mass destruction

Chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons designed to cause widespread destruction and to kill large numbers of people.

Nancy Pelosi

first woman speaker of the house.

Barack Obama

44th President, first black American US President.

Sonia Sotomayer and Elena Kagan

Supreme Court justices appointed by President Obama.

Ground Zero

the site of the collapsed World Trade Center.

Guantanamo Bay

military base where prisoners of war were being held by United States.

Bush Doctrine

President George W. Bush's military campaign against terrorists and the nations that gave them shelter and aid.

preemption

a strike before waiting for the enemy to strike.

Axis of Evil

nations that aid terrorist acts and seek weapons of mass destruction; Iraq, Iran, North Korea.

Secure Fence Act

authorized the building of a fence along the US-Mexico border to reduce the number of illegal aliens entering the Untied States.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Americans were required to buy health insurance; nationalized health care.

melting pot

many different cultures have come together in America with the understanding that all must work together regardless of ethnic heritage or skin color.

Operation Enduring Freedom

first preemptive strike on Afghanistan.

Operation Iraqi Freedom

an invasion of Iraq to remove Hussein from power.

Hurricane Katrina

2005, costliest storm in US History.