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The candidates in the 2000 election were
George W. Bush & Al Gore
A plane crashed into what in Washington, DC, on September 11.
Pentagon
After the Iraqi tribes elected Hamid Karzai as their leader, what quickly collapsed?
Taliban
How did the Iraqi people respond after American troops were sent to Iraq to live among the people to provide for and protect them?
They began to provide more support
The winner of the election of 2000
George W. Bush
Nineteen terrorists responsible for the attacks were part of a radical Muslim group called al-Qaeda led by
Osama bin Laden
What 2 things are true of the invasion of Iraq?
Saddam Hussein forced weapons inspectors out of Iraq.
The United States and its allies believed that Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction
What was the problem with Social Security that Bush wanted to fix?
When more people are retired than are working, Social Security runs out of money.
The president believed that killing a baby was wrong, but compromised when he allowed stem cell research to continue on that what
embryos
The Taliban allowed who to train in Afghanistan.
terrorists
What mistakes did American leaders make while overseeing Iraq?
● failing to send soldiers into Iraq after Saddam and his government went into hiding
● saying the Ba’ath party members could not serve in the new Iraqi government
● disbanding the Iraqi army
Where did Bush want to help eliminate malaria and design economic programs that worked?
Africa
The president felt that community problems were best solved by doin what to religious and community groups.
giving money
American and British military dropped bombs on Afghanistan so that who could not use Afghanistan as a safe place to plan attacks against the US.
al-Qaeda
What are the names of the major groups of people in Iraq.
the Kurds, the Sunni, and the Shia
What were two major things that hurt the American economy?
Stockholders lost money when Internet companies failed. Banks failed when people could not repay their loans.
On September 11, 2001, a what hit the North and South Towers of the Trade Center
planes
A natural disaster that was a disaster in government response as well was
Hurricane Katrina
What did Bush’s opponents claim he had done to get the US to go to war against Iraq?
that Bush had lied about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction
What did Congress do to help the financial crisis?
passed a bill that allowed the government to buy stocks of banks in trouble