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Presidential
Election of 2000
Presidential
Election of 2000
Presidential
Election of 2000
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Presidential Election
of 2000
Video – 5 min
or
Video – 2 min
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A contest between
Republican candidate
George W. Bush, thengovernor of Texas, and
Democratic candidate Al
Gore, then-Vice President
Bush narrowly won the
election, with 271
electoral votes to Gore's
266
When Florida's results
were questioned, the
Supreme Court stepped
in, stopped the recount,
and Bush won
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Kyoto Protocol
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Kyoto Protocol
International treaty
that sets binding
obligations on
industrialized
countries to reduce
emissions of
greenhouse gases.
September 11,
2001
September 11,
2001
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September 11, 2001
Rebuilding - video
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Terrorist attacks on
the United States
2 planes crashed into
the World Trade
Center in New York
City
Another plane crashed
into the Pentagon just
outside of Washington,
D.C.
Another plane targeted
the Capitol Building,
but was overtaken by
its passengers and
crashed in a field in
Pennsylvania.
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Terrorism
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The deliberate
commission of an act
of violence to create
an emotional response
through the suffering
of the victims in the
furtherance of a
political or social
agenda
Violence against
civilians to achieve
military or political
objectives
Osama bin Laden
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Osama bin Laden
Responsible for the
9/11 attacks in the
United States in
2001
Is also believed
responsible for
attacks dating back
to 1992, including
bombings in Yemen
and Kenya
Taliban
Taliban
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Taliban
Osama and the
Taliban – video
5min
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Fundamentalist
Muslims that gained
control and
established strict
laws governing the
lives of Afghans
Would not turn
Osama bin Laden
over to the United
States
USA Patriot Act
of 2001
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USA Patriot Act
of 2001
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Uniting (and)
Strengthening America
(by) Providing
Appropriate Tools
Required (to) Intercept
(and) Obstruct Terrorism
Act of 2001
Dramatically reduced
restrictions in law
enforcement agencies'
gathering of intelligence
within the United States;
expanded the Secretary of
the Treasury’s authority
to regulate financial
transactions
Global War on
Terror
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Global War on
Terror
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Commonly applied to
an international military
campaign led by the
United States and the
United Kingdom
Originally waged
against al-Qaeda and
other militant
organizations with the
purpose of eliminating
them
Eventually included the
liberation of Iraq with
Operation Iraqi
Freedom in 2003
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina
Video – 4 min
Video – Nat Geo 4
min Day by Day
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The deadliest and
most destructive
Atlantic hurricane of
the 2005 hurricane
season
Killed 1,836 people
It is the costliest
natural disaster, as
well as one of the five
deadliest hurricanes,
in the history of the
United States
Devastated New
Orleans and the
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Financial Crisis of
2008
Financial Crisis of
2008
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Financial Crisis of
2008
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The United States had
been experiencing a
“housing bubble,” a
scenario that occurs
when home values
reach unsustainable
levels
When this bubble
“burst,” it threatened
to bankrupt financial
institutions all over the
world who had
invested in the U.S.
real estate market
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Financial Crisis of
2008
Video – 4 min
Troubled Asset Relief
Program (TARP) – a
$700 billion program
signed by President
Bush designed to
help financial
institutions that had
been hit by the
collapse of the
housing market
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Financial Crisis of
2008
American Recovery
and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (also
known as the Obama
Stimulus Bill) – an
$800 billion bill that
directed government
spending toward
infrastructure and
the education,
health, and energy
industries
Presidential
Election of 2008
Presidential
Election of 2008
Barack Obama
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Presidential Election
of 2008
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A contest between
Republican candidate
John McCain, a Senator
from Arizona, and
Democratic candidate
Barack Obama, thenSenator from Illinois
Obama won the election,
with 365 electoral votes
to McCain's 173
President Obama is the
nation’s 44th president,
and the 1st AfricanAmerican to hold the
office
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
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Hillary Clinton
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Wife of former
President Bill Clinton
Elected senator from
the state of New York
in 2000
Made Presidential run
in 2008 – 1st time a
former first lady ran
for position
Served as the Secretary
of State under
President Obama – 1st
time a former first lady
served on a
presidential cabinet
Affordable Care
Act
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Affordable Care
Act
Commonly known as
“Obamacare”
It represents the
most significant
government
expansion and
regulatory overhaul
of the U.S. healthcare
system since the
passage of Medicare
and Medicaid in
1965
Osama bin Laden
killed
Osama bin Laden
killed
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Osama bin Laden
killed
Zero Dark Thirty –
5 min.
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Killed in Pakistan on
May 2, 2011, shortly
after 0100 local time
by Navy SEALs of the
U.S. Naval Special
Warfare Development
Group (SEAL Team
Six).
The operation, codenamed Operation
Neptune Spear, was
led by the Central
Intelligence Agency
Sonia Sotomayor
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Sonia Sotomayor
An Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court
of the United States,
serving since August
2009. Sotomayor is
the Court's 111th
justice, its first
Hispanic justice, and
its third female
justice.
Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah Winfrey
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Media proprietor, talk
show host, actress,
producer, and
philanthropist.
She is best known for
her self-titled, multiaward-winning talk
show "The Oprah
Winfrey Show," which
was the highest-rated
program of its kind in
history
It was nationally
syndicated from 1986
to 2011
Global positioning
systems
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Global positioning
systems
Is a space-based
satellite navigation
system that provides
location and time
information in all
weather conditions,
anywhere on or near
the Earth where there
is an unobstructed
line of sight to four
or more GPS
satellites
Global diffusion of
American culture
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Global diffusion of
American culture
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American culture
spread through
various aspects.
Music from America
was a big influence on
the world.
Entrepreneurs also
help to spread our
culture.
Some of the
companies that are
now international are
Walmart, McDonalds,
Microsoft, Apple,
Outback Steakhouse,
Coca-Cola, and Hilton
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