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Oklahoma City Bombing
The Oklahoma city bombing marked one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in United States history. What was more concerning is the fact that a United States veteran were the perpetrators and murdered 168 people. The original reports coming out of the media was that the bombing in Oklahoma was done by Islamist extremist. Because of this public opinion of the middle east and American's from the region deteriorated.
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2000 Presidential election (Florida)
The State of Florida held one of the most controversial presidential election voting methods. The "butterfly ballots" that were used caused mass confusion and lead to over 2,000 wrong votes. The Secretary of state also removed the names of 48,000 felons from a list that did not allow them to vote. This caused mass controversy and further decreased the publics trust in United States government. Kevin Kruse and Julian Zeilzer, Fault lines: A history of the United States Since 1974, 239. -
Y2K
The transition form 1999 to the year 2000 scared many analysists. They believed that banking systems would not be able to recognize the change in date in their binary coding systems. The crisis however was averted and technology as well as people who can solve situations like this became a necessity in business development. Technology boomed and the capabilities of it must be harnessed and more importantly safe to use and fix. National Geographic, “Y2K Bug,” Education, n.d., -
Human Genome Project
The human genome projected constructed the first sequence of the human genome. This provided vital information about the human race, how we respond to medicines, traits we are born with, and much more. This discovery propelled modern medicine and allowed other scientists to conduct research using this new discovery with the hopes that the understanding of human life can be fully realized. “The Human Genome Project.” Genome.gov, n.d. https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project. -
9/11
The attacks on the world trade center and pentagon nearly killed 3,000 people. After the attacks the American public was united and ready to rebuild. The American public was also eager for retribution. Congress approved military action in the middle east and would have troops deployed there for the next 2 decades. The attacks also required the United States to reform their homeland defense. Kevin Kruse and Julian Zeilzer, Fault lines: A history of the United States Since 1974, 239. -
Iraq War
Iraq was believed to be building nuclear weapons and in a proactive approach a U.S. lead coalition was created to invade. The invasion was successful but left the middle east in tatters and destabilized even further. This allowed militant groups to seize control over Iraq after the U.S. pulled out. This war did not effectively pacify the region in fact it worsened the Reputation of the United States. -
Hurricane Katrina
Katrina was one of the most deadly and costly natural disasters to ever occur in the United States. The storm killed more than 1,800 people and caused close to $180 Billion in damages and repairs. The east coast of the United States was left shattered with close to 800,000 homes/housing units destroyed or damaged. The recovery process showed the incredible work of fist responders and national identity as people from all over the country helped rebuild. Hurricanes Science, Katrina Impacts. -
Global Finance Crisis
The global finance crisis started because of a decline in the U.S. housing market. This caused many U.S. banks to get federal support to avoid bankruptcy. This cost citizens billions of dollars over the course of 3 years. The world felt this crisis because it relied on U.S. banking investments.- scheme=AGLSTERMS.AglsAgent; corporateName=Reserve Bank of Australia, “The Global Financial Crisis: Explainer: Education,” Reserve Bank of Australia, May 26, 2023
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Edward Snowden Leaks
Edward Snowden leaked top secret NSA files that revealed that the United States and the United Kingdom were operating a global surveillance program. The surveillance program even operated with the United States and collected information on Citizens. When the public found out about this there was outage and distrust in the government grew. “The Case of Edward Snowden.” The case of Edward Snowden – National Whistleblower Center, n.d. -
"Black Lives Matter" is created
The black lives matter movement was a response to multiple different instances of crimes against black American's. The members thought there was no justice and that activism was needed. There were some who decided activism wasn't enough and escalated protests to riots. Their creation is the result of high racial tension that had been stirring within the United States at the time. “HUSL Library: A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States: The Black Lives Matter Movement,”