abeka history 11 section 30.1 & dtr/pres

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september 11, 2001

deadliest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor

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2001-2014

Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan War)

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2003-2011

Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq War)

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2007-2009

Great Recession

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2017

Las Vegas Shooting (deadliest mass shooting in America)

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2011

end of space shuttle program

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george w. bush

2001-2009

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barack obama

2009-2017

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donald trump

2017-2021

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al gore

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in the election of 2000, ____ _____ was nominated by the Democratic Party

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  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

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bush v. gore

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in _____ ___ _____, Congress ruled recounts unconstitutional and Bush was declared the winner

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neoconservatism

often supported big governments and socialistic programs

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no child left behind (NCLB)

Bush’s education reform

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world trade center

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the _______ ______ _______ towers were struck by 2 hijacked flights

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pentagon

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American Airlines Flight 77 struck the _______ outside of Washington, DC

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united airlines flight 93

crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers regained control from the hijackers

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  • osama bin laden

  • al-qaeda

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_________ ____ ______ and ___-________ took responsibility for September 11 attacks

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elaine chao

highest-ranking Asian-American woman to serve in government

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department of homeland security

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bush created a new executive department, the _________ ___ _________ ________, to protect from threats within the US

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USA PATRIOT act

most important legislative response to 9/11

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operation enduring freedom (afghanistan war)

first campaign of the War on Terror

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taliban

Islamic authorities who controlled Afghanistan

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saddam hussein

dictator of Iraq

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operation iraqi freedom (iraq war)

the second campaign in the War on Terror (2003)

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2005

first free Iraqi election in 50 years

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  • hezbollah

  • hamas

2 Palestinian terrorist organizations against Israel

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condoleezza rice

Bush’s secretary of state; highest-ranking black American woman in the US

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bush doctrine

foreign policy of preemptive action on nations that threaten US safety

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john kerry

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Bush defeated Senator _____ _____ of the Democratic Party in the election of 2004

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john g. roberts jr.

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bush nominated _____ ___. ______ ___. for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

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samuel a. alito jr.

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bush nominated _______ ___. ______ __. to fill Robert’s seat in the SC

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hurricane katrina

one of the most devastating and by far the costliest storm in history at the time (2005)

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housing bubble

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the lowering of interest rates cause real estate values to increase creating the ______ ________

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troubled asset relief program (TARP)

spending measure by the Bush administration to buy bad investments from failing companies until they improved

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secure fence act

Bush’s attempt to better secure the southern border with Mexico