Present Day AmericaGeorge W. Bush – War on Terror

George W. Bush

• Guides the nation through the September 11th, 2001 attacks

• Calls North Korea, Iran and Iraq the “Axis of Evil”

• Declares “War on Terrorism”

• No Child Left Behind– Penalize schools who do

not reach federal performance standards

Age of Computers and Technology

• IBM– 1st commercial

computers in 1954– Lead to microchip

• Apple Computers– Steve Jobs, affordable

personal computers

• Microsoft– Bill Gates, w/ Jobs

• Amazon.com– Jeff Bezos, buying and

selling items by computer / internet

911

• Sept. 11, 2001– American Flight 11

crashes into World Trade Center

– Followed by a 2nd crash into WTC (collapse)

– Pentagon hit– Flight 93 crashes in

Shanksville, PA– Largest attack / loss of

life on US soil since Pearl Harbor

War on Terror• Iraq

– Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction

– UN weapons inspectors not allowed in by Iraq

– Hunt for Saddam Hussain

• Afghanistan– Hunt for Osama Bin Laden– Al Qaeda: Islamic Terrorist

organization

• Taliban– Islamic Fundamentalist

government– Allowed to run training

camps for Al Qaeda

• Belief that if you aid and sponsor terrorist, you yourself are terrorists.

• Homeland Security– Department to protect

US from attacks– Made of Federal, Local,

and State authorities (a web / network)

• Patriot Act– Authorities the ability to

monitor suspected terrorists

– Detain or deport aliens associated with terrorist groups.