abeka history 11 section 30.1 & dtr/pres

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

1. george w. bush

2. 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