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US History 2000-2015
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The presidential election of 2000 was decided by | the Supreme Court rule 7 to 2 in Bush vs. Gore |
| The heroic flight of the 9/11 attacks | Flight 93 |
| Osama Bin Laden was hiding in the mountains between | Afghanistan and Pakistan |
| The mayor of New York during the 9/11 attacks | Rudy Guliani |
| The WTC West Tower | was not a possible target during the 9/11 attacks |
| Al-Queda | Extremist Muslin group which traces its origins back to the 1980's |
| Osama Bin Ladin was born in | Saudi Arabia |
| The "Axis of Evil" countries | Iraq, Iran and North Korea |
| The Secretary of Defense under George Bush | Donald Rumsfeld |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom officially started | on March 20, 2003 |
| Who was responsible for the 9/11 attacks? | Al-Queda, Taliban, and Osama Bin Laden |
| Which Muslim nations are mostly Shia? | Iraq and Iran |
| The Bush Doctrine | Preemption and unilaterism were proposed in dealing with Operation Iraqi Freedom |
| Anthrax | a white powdery substance that caused several deaths and illnessess |
| Sunni | the westernized branch of the Islamic faith |
| Shia | the strict, conservative branch of the Islamic faith |
| Abu Ghraib | the prison in central Baghdad |
| Al-Queda | terrorist network |
| Taliban | the dictatorial regime government of Afghanistan |
| Saddam Hussein | the leader of Iraq who was captured near Tikrit and was eventually tried and executed |
| Osama bin Laden | the leader of Al-Queda who was killed in a top secret U.S. military operation |
| John Kerry | the 2004 Democrat U.S. Presidential candidate |
| John McCain | the 2008 Republican U.S. Presidential candidate |
| Ralph Nader | the 2000 Green Party candidate |
| Ray Naggin | the mayor of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina |
| Tony Blair | the former Prime Minister of Great Britain who joined coalition forces of his country with the US when going to war in Iraq |
| Rudy Giuliani | the mayor of New York during 9/11 attacks |
| Hamid Karzai | the 1st freely elected President of Afghanistan after the US invasion |
| Hillary Clinton | the former 1st lady who became a US Senator from New York, served as Secretary of State, and is now running for President |
| Russell Feingold | the former senator from Wisconsin who voted NO to the USA Patriot Act due to its stripping of rights from citizens |
| 5 pillars of the Muslim faith | Muhammad, pray 5 times a day, visit Mecca at least once, Ramadan, give 2.5% of savings to poor and needy |
| Y2K | event that was expected for the turn of the clock from Dec. 31, 1999 to Jan. 1, 2000 when all computer systems would shutdown |
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