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Y2K Fiasco
It was feared that all of the computers that people depended on for their everyday lives would malfunction and stop working the start of the new millennium. This of course never happened. -
Bush Gore race
Presidential election of 2000. One of the closest election in history of the United States. Gore one the popular vote but bush one the electoral college. -
Hanging “Chads" in Florida
They were votamatic card ballots that had incompletely punched holes which mad it have partially punched Chad. A hanging chad usually has one or more corners attached. -
Bush v Gore (Court Case)
The hanging chads in Florida posed a problem because the votes were not counted correctly. At this time bush was winning but gore wanted a recount. This issue was brought to the supreme court and the Court ordered a recount of the vote. -
Bush Inaugurated as POTUS
The first inauguration of the 43rd president of the United States; George W. Bush. -
Timothy McVeigh put to death
Timothy McVeigh was convicted for the murder of 168 people, 17 of which where kids, in 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. He was sentenced to death and died by lethal injection on June 11 2001 -
9-11 Terror Attacks
4 terrorist attacks on the World Trading Center (twin towers) were made by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda. -
Patriot act Passed
Bush signed this law in october of 2001 and this made it easier for the us government to wiretap suspects, track internet communication, and seize voicemail. -
Enron Scandal
The Natural gas company Enron made Fake claims on financial statements using the Mark-to-Market accounting technique.The scandal resulted in a wave of new regulations and legislation designed to increase the accuracy of financial reporting for publicly traded companies. Enron filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 and $63.4 billion in assets made it the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history until WorldCom's bankruptcy the next year. -
War in Iraq Begins
In March 2003, U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein. When WMD intelligence proved illusory and a violent insurgency arose, the war lost public support. -
Capture of Saddam Hussein
On December 13, 2003, U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein hiding in a six-to-eight-foot deep hole, nine miles outside his hometown of Tikrit. The man once obsessed with hygiene was found to be unkempt, with a bushy beard and matted hair. He did not resist and was uninjured during the arrest. -
NATO Admits Countries from the USSR
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined NATO, who were originally apart of the ussr March 29th 2004. This was not the first time this happened. -
Kerry Bush Campaign and Election
Election between Republican Party incumbent President George W. Bush and Democratic Party candidate John Kerry. Foreign policy was the dominant theme throughout the election campaign, particularly Bush's conduct of the War on Terrorism Bush ultimately won the election on 11/ 02/ 2004. Some voting controversies and concerns of irregularities emerged during and after the vote. The winner was not determined until the following day, when Kerry decided not to dispute Bush's win in the state of Ohio. -
Election of Pope Benedict the 16th
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a hard-line guardian of conservative doctrine, was elected the new pope on April 19th 2005 and chose the name Pope Benedict XVI. Ratzinger, the first German pope since the 11th century, and was the church's 265th pope. -
Hurricane Rita hits Texas
Hurricane Rita, a Category 5 monster, was moving toward the Texas Gulf Coast with frightening speed, causing evacuation orders for low-lying areas. The rush to get out of town and to places to the north and west created horrendous traffic jams as residents from every county in the area clamored to get out of the path of what was predicted to be a damaging hurricane. By the time Rita made landfall Sept. 24, 2005, it had weakened to a Category 3 hurricane, but still did $12 billion in damage -
First Bailouts Begin of 2008
The Senate passed the $700 billion bank bailout bill on October 3, 2008 to buy mortgage-backed securities that were in danger of defaulting. The goal was to renew confidence in the functioning of the global banking system, which had narrowly avoided collapse. The bill established the Troubled Assets Relief Program. Troubled banks had the right to submit a bid price to sell their assets to TARP as part of a reverse auction. the bill also included help for homeowners facing foreclosure. -
American recovery and reinvestment Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was a fiscal stimulus that ended the Great Recession and would boost demand and instill confidence. Necessary follow-up to President Bush's plan, TARP, which ended the 2008 financial crisis. The goal of ARRA was to give Immediate Relief for Families, Modernize Federal Infrastructure, Increase Alternative Energy Production, Expand Health Care, Improve Education, Invest in Science Research and Technology, and Help Small Businesses
