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The 2000s. Matt Barone, Matt Bonetti , and Kyle Newlands. Introduction. Advancement and regression. Indroduction. Triumph and disaster. George w. Bush v.s . Al Gore. Florida vote controversy. The controversy over the 2000 election. Gore won popular vote but lost te election. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The 2000sMatt Barone, Matt Bonetti, and Kyle Newlands
Introduction
Advancement and regression
Indroduction
Triumph and disaster
The controversy over the 2000 election
•George w. Bush v.s. Al Gore
Florida vote controversy
Gore won popular vote but lost te election
The War on TerrorHow it started
Four planes hijacked
Two of the Four crash into the United States tallest buildings
One crashes into the Pentagon
Another crashes in a rural field in Pennsylvania.
9/11
George W. Bush has public address and states their will be justice served for this horrible crime
October 7, 2001 was the first official day starting the longest lasting war in US history.
Retaliation
Dessert Storm
Multiple threats and attacks from rebel groups
But none of these attacks were as deadly as 9/11 & that’s why people call that day the true start of the “War on Terror”
Starting Date?
FBI most wanted person for more than 5 years.
The most sought after man of the 21st Century.
Blamed for the 9/11 attacks.
Killed by Navy SEAL team 6 on May 2, 2011
Osama Bin Laden
Bush believed Saddam Hussein had WMD, And were capable of attacking any part of the world.
And congress believed this was more than enough reason to invade Iraq.
Justified Going to War?
Natural Disasters
Southeast Asian Tsunami (2004)200,000 people in 12 countries killed
Hurricane Katrina (2005)1500 dead and $100 billion in damages
Haitian earthquake (2010)300,000 killed and a million homeless
Obama received the most popular vote in US history.
Was first African American President but also the first to even receive the nomination of one of the major political parties.
Obama
An African American historian at Brown University says, “This moment ranks with the Emancipation Proclamation, The ratification of the 13th Amendment, (which ended slavery) and the Brown vs. the Board of Education as one of the most significant events in the history of the United States”
An event as significant as this happens once in a lifetime.
Obama
82,000 birds, about 6,000 sea turtles and nearly 26,000 marine mammals were harmed in the oil spill.
BP oil spill
Flew virus that came back into the world around 2004-2005.
Killed more than 17,000 people world wide.
H1N1
Category 5 storm, winds over 175 m/ph
More than 60 billion dollars spent in repairs.
Katrina
Strengthen US measures to prevent, detect and prosecute international money and financing Terrorism.
The purpose of the act is to detect and punish Terrorist acts in the US and around the Globe.
US Patriot Act
Population growth
Lack of space
Limited resources
Energy crisis
Green energy
Technology
Cell phones
Computers
Ipods
more moblie
Technology
Inventions and Discoveries
Wikipedia
YouTube
Social networking
iPod iPhone
Advances in television
Television and Radio
New HD TVs change viewers experience
Reality TV
Movies- Gladiator, Harry Potter, Batman, and Gran Torino
iPod reduced use of radio
Hip Hop/Rap
Teen Pop
Dubstep
Less Rock and classical
More “Hipster” music
Music
Fashions and FadsOver sized sunglasses
Crocs
Text messaging
Social networks
Skinny jeans
Leggings
Mini skirts
Suped up cars
Flare jeans
SportsSteroids use
Baseball
NFL
Hope