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9/11
On September 11, 2001 4 planes got hijacked. One crashed into the pentagon, another in a field in PA, and two planes crashed into the WTC. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officers and firefighters. A group of 19 militants men carried out this attack, all from an Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. -
Bush Ground Zero Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7OCgMPX2mE President Bush addressing the rescue workers in New York about the events that happened and the support that they are receiving. Once the rescue efforts had stopped Bush went to speak to the workers that had been digging through Ground Zero in hopes of rescuing anyone trapped beneath the rubble alive. -
War with Afghanistan
The invasion of Afghanistan was the opening salvo in the United States “war on terrorism” and a response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Also know as “Operation Enduring Freedom” in U.S. military parlance. The invasion of Afghanistan was intended to target terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization, which was based in the country, as well as the extreme fundamentalist Taliban government. -
No child left behind
Passed by the house of representative on May 23,2001. The purpose is to ensure that students in every public school achieve important learning goals while being educated in safe classrooms by well-prepared teachers. It is a federal law that provides money for extra educational assistance for poor children in return for improvements in their academic progress. -
War on Iraq
Iraq, under dictator Saddam Hussein, possessed or was in the process of building weapons of mass destruction. Since they had support for terrorist groups—which, according to the Bush administration, included al-Qaeda, the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks—made disarming Iraq a renewed priority. -
Bush declares war on Iraq
Bush addresses about the new war on terror. In his speech is praises the passengers on United Flight for their courage and bravery that ultimately saved countless lives. -
Space shuttle disaster
The space shuttle Columbia broke apart while re-entering the atmosphere over Texas, killing all seven crew members on board. The disaster occurred minutes before Columbia was scheduled to land at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oBTzbKx0jo -
Operation Red Dawn
The raid kicked off under the cover of darkness at 1935 hours. Two SOF assault teams led the way, supported by a pair of platoons from Troop G, 10th Cavalry. A search of the sites came up empty but an investigation of a nearby orchard located a hole covered by a mat and rubble and sealed with a Styrofoam lid next to a two-room hut. Inside the hole was Saddam, who surrendered as soon as his underground hiding place was exposed.The raiding party picked up two Iraqis in the hut believed to help him -
9/11 commission report
the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It was prepared by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (informally sometimes known as the "9/11 Commission" or the "Kean/Hamilton Commission") at the request of United States president George W. Bush and Congress, and is available to the public for sale or free download. The commission was established on November 27, 2002 (442 days after the attack). -
Bush win the re-election
Bush won the election of 2004 which means he will serve another 4 years as president. -
Hurricane Katrina
When the storm made landfall, it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale–it brought sustained winds of 100–140 miles per hour–and stretched some 400 miles across. The storm itself did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic.Hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were displaced from their homes, and experts estimate that Katrina caused about $100 billion in damage. -
Chief Justice Roberts
Is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States. He took his seat on September 29, 2005, having been nominated by President George W. Bush after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. -
Saddam was found guilty
Saddam Hussein was charged with premeditated murder, imprisonment and the deprivation of physical movement, forced deportation, and torture.
Seven other defendants stood trial with Hussein: Barzan Hassan, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Awad Bandar, Abdullah Ruwaid, Ali Dayem Ali, Mohammed Ali, and Mizher Ruwaid.
The Dujail case was tried first because experts believed it was the most straightforward and easy to prove case -
Democratic party takes over both houses
winning at least 230 out of 435 seats in the House of Representatives and holding a 51-49 margin in the Senate. A total of six Senate Republican incumbents were defeated. Besides Allen and Burns, these included Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, the third-ranking Republican leader, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, Michael DeWine of Ohio and James Talent of Missouri. -
Ford dies
Former president Gerald Ford dies at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, of arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis. He had end-stage coronary artery disease and severe aortic stenosis and insufficiency, caused by calcific alteration of one of his heart valves.He was 93. -
more troops in iraq
increase in the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province. The surge was developed under the working title "The New Way Forward" and was announced in January 2007 by Bush during a television speech. Bush ordered the deployment of more than 20,000 soldiers into Iraq (five additional brigades). He also extended the tour of most of the Army troops in country and some of the Marines already in the Anbar Province area. -
Obama is elected
Bush leaves office while Obama enters the office
