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19 Heritage Studies5
A New Millenium
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| candidates in the 2000 election | George W. Bush, Al Gore |
| winner of the election of 2000 | George W. Bush |
| stem cell research compromise | Bush allowed continued research on embryos already collected |
| religious and community groups | Bush felt community problems were best solved by giving money to these groups |
| compassionate conservatism issues | improved education, limited government, tax cuts, Social Security and Medicare reform |
| September 11, 2001 | A plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center, and another plane hit the South Tower, a plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and passengers fought against hijackers of anther plane that ended up crashing |
| Who was responsible for the attacks on September 11 | nineteen terrorists who were part of a radical Muslim group called al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden |
| Osama bin Laden | led radical Muslim group called al-Qaeda |
| Taliban allowed | terrorists to train in Afghanistan, so American and British military dropped bombs to make it an unsafe place to train |
| Taliban | quickly collapsed after the Iraqi tribes elected Hamid Karzai as leader |
| Hurricane Katrina | natural disaster that was a disaster in government response as well |
| major groups of people in Iraq | the Kurds, the Sunni, and the Shia |
| Bush’s opponents claimed | Bush had lied about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction |
| problem with Social Security that Bush wanted to fix | When more people are retired than are working, Social Security runs out of money |
| Africa | where Bush want to help eliminate malaria and design economic programs that worked |
| What is true invasion of Iraq | Saddam Hussein forced weapons inspectors out of Iraq, the United States and its allies believed that Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction |
| What mistakes did American leaders make while overseeing Iraq? | failing to send soldiers into Iraq after Saddam and his government went into hiding, saying the Ba’ath party members could not serve in the new Iraqi government, disbanding the Iraqi army |
| What were two major things that hurt the American economy? | Stockholders lost money when Internet companies failed. Banks failed when people could not repay their loans. |
| What did Congress do to help the financial crisis? | passed a bill that allowed the government to buy stocks of banks in trouble |
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