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september 11, 2001
deadliest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor
2001-2014
Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan War)
2003-2011
Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq War)
2007-2009
Great Recession
2017
Las Vegas Shooting (deadliest mass shooting in America)
2011
end of space shuttle program
george w. bush
2001-2009
barack obama
2009-2017
donald trump
2017-2021
al gore
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in the election of 2000, ____ _____ was nominated by the Democratic Party
george w. bush
dick cheney
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in the election of 2000, _______ ___ ______ was nominated by the Republican Party and ____ ________ ran as his VP
bush v. gore
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in _____ ___ _____, Congress ruled recounts unconstitutional and Bush was declared the winner
neoconservatism
often supported big governments and socialistic programs
no child left behind (NCLB)
Bush’s education reform
world trade center
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the _______ ______ _______ towers were struck by 2 hijacked flights
pentagon
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American Airlines Flight 77 struck the _______ outside of Washington, DC
united airlines flight 93
crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers regained control from the hijackers
osama bin laden
al-qaeda
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_________ ____ ______ and ___-________ took responsibility for September 11 attacks
elaine chao
highest-ranking Asian-American woman to serve in government
department of homeland security
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bush created a new executive department, the _________ ___ _________ ________, to protect from threats within the US
USA PATRIOT act
most important legislative response to 9/11
operation enduring freedom (afghanistan war)
first campaign of the War on Terror
taliban
Islamic authorities who controlled Afghanistan
saddam hussein
dictator of Iraq
operation iraqi freedom (iraq war)
the second campaign in the War on Terror (2003)
2005
first free Iraqi election in 50 years
hezbollah
hamas
2 Palestinian terrorist organizations against Israel
condoleezza rice
Bush’s secretary of state; highest-ranking black American woman in the US
bush doctrine
foreign policy of preemptive action on nations that threaten US safety
john kerry
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Bush defeated Senator _____ _____ of the Democratic Party in the election of 2004
john g. roberts jr.
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bush nominated _____ ___. ______ ___. for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
samuel a. alito jr.
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bush nominated _______ ___. ______ __. to fill Robert’s seat in the SC
hurricane katrina
one of the most devastating and by far the costliest storm in history at the time (2005)
housing bubble
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the lowering of interest rates cause real estate values to increase creating the ______ ________
troubled asset relief program (TARP)
spending measure by the Bush administration to buy bad investments from failing companies until they improved
secure fence act
Bush’s attempt to better secure the southern border with Mexico