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13 A New Millennium

Terms from US History Since 1877

TermDefinition
Election of 2000 This election ended up being decided by the U.S. Supreme Court following a problem with the counting of ballots in Florida. President George W. Bush ended up winning the electoral vote over Al Gore.
Al Gore He was Vice President for Clinton and lost the 2000 presidential election to George W. Bush in one of the closest elections in history.
USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act) In response to 9/11, this act to provide law enforcement agencies more resources to combat foreign and domestic terrorism by allowing them to search private records. Many believe it to be unconstitutional and an extreme response to the attacks.
War on Terror After the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the U.S. began this campaign to fight terrorism. This war led to the deaths of Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden.
Hurricane Katrina This hurricane led to the evacuation of 80% of New Orleans. It holds the record for the highest storm surge and costliest hurricane.
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act This 2009 Act increased the role of the federal government by increasing government spending to jump start the economy.
Hillary Clinton First Lady from 1993-2001, Secretary of State to Barak Obama, first woman to win presidential nomination for a major party and first woman to win the popular vote for president.
Sonia Sotomayer She was the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.
September 11th terrorist attacks, 2001 Coordinated terrorist attack carried out by al-Qaeda using commercial airliners flown into buildings. Led directly to 2002 invasion of Afghanistan (then the base of al-Qaeda operations) and the longest war in US history.
Operation Enduring Freedom President George W. Bush; the United States and its allies invaded the country of Afghanistan in order to remove the Taliban from power after they supported the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks.
Operation Iraqi Freedom President George W. Bush; the US invaded the county of Iraq in 2003, to remove Saddam from power because of the fear that he was developing or had weapons of mass destruction
Election of 2008 Election of the 1st African American President, Barack Obama
Great Recession severe economic downturn that lasted from late 2007 through mid-2009
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Government agency that took over airport security following the 9/11 attacks
Deparment of Homeland Security Government agency created following the 9/11 attacks meant to coordinate law enforcement efforts to stop terrorism.
George W. Bush 43rd president of the US who won the electoral vote but not the popular vote in 2000; his administration saw the 9/11 attacks, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hurricane Katrina, and the start of the Great Recession
Barack Obama 2008; Democrat; first African American president of the US, health care bill; economy: huge stimulus package to combat the Great Recession, repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell; New START treaty with Russia
Saddam Hussein Was a dictator in Iraq who tried to take over Iran and Kuwait violently in order to gain the land and the resources. He also refused to let the UN into Iraq in order to check if the country was secretly holding weapons of mass destruction.
Unilaterialism World order in which one state is in a position of dominance with allies following rather than joining the political decision-making process, George W. Bush in Iraq 2003
al-Qaeda a network of Islamic terrorist organizations, led by Osama bin Laden, that carried out the attacks on the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998, the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000, and the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001
Created by: LewisAndLarks
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