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Hanging “Chads” in Florida
Florida’s vote was so close, narrow 537 votes, state law demanded for a recount. The issue was “hanging chads” where physical paper ballots where a hole punch into the card was not complete and hanging. The problem was mainly in Palm Beach county, Florida elderly complained of a confusing ballot. -
Bush/Gore Race
Republican candidate George W Bush and Democratic candidate Al Gore ran against each other in Florida. A vote recount took place in December 12 2000. As tolls came in George was in the Leads -
Bush V Gore
After the first recount, Florida state secretary Katherine Harris certified that bush had won the election. Gore then sued Harris because all the recounts where not completed when she certified the results. Surpreme court sided with Gore but Bush was still the winner. -
Timothy McVeigh put to death
Timothy was the bomber in the Oklahoma City bombing. He filled a rental truck with explosives outside the Alfred P. Murrah Fedral building. Which killed 168 people and injured 680+. He was then put to death by lethal injection June 11, 2001. -
9-11 Terroists Attacks
19 members associated with the Islamic group al-Queda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against the U.S. two of the planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. A third plane hit the pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people were killed during the attacks. -
Patriot Act Passed
The USA Patriot Act is a act of Congress that was signed into law by President George W Bush. An anti- terrorism law in response to the 9-11 attacks. The law was intended to “enhance the penalties that will fall on terroists or anyone that helps them” - George W. Bush -
War in Iraq Begins
President Bush and advisors built their case for the war on the idea that Iraq was in the process of building weapons of mass destructions. hostiles began just 90 minutes after the U.S. imposed deadline for for Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq or face war passed. The first targets were to hit wit tomahawk cruise missles from U.S. fighter bombers and warships stationed in the Persian gulf. -
Capture Saddam Hussein
Captured on December 13, 2003, operation Red Dawn found by a force operator. -
SE Asian Tsunami
The Tsunami was caused by an earthquake that is thought to have had the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima- type atomic bombs. -
Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans
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 400 miles across. The estimate that Katrina caused more than $100 billion in damage. -
Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita a category 3 hurricane hits Texas on September, 24, 2006. Hurricane Rita brought rains whit it leaving places like Houston drenched whit water. Having floods and having streets backed up with traffic heading up to Oklahoma and Tennessee. -
Execution of Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006. Saddam Hussein was a leader of Iraq found guilty of crimes against humanity. Saddam would be sentenced to death by hanging and buried at hes birthplace. -
Nancy pelosi
Nancy Pelosi is the first female representative of the house -
Steroids in baseball
During 2008 there are many baseball players using steroids to enhance their play. the drug being passed around player to player and the steroids even being handed down from coach to player. the scandal having there to put rules on the drugs and removing the players involved with the drugs. -
Bailouts begin
the bailout is a bailout from a bank failure to keep it running -
American Recovery and Reinvestment act
the ARRA is the act that created the objective to keep peoples jobs that they already have. also finding and making new jobs as soon as possible to keep unemployment from rising. -
Barack Obama inauguration
the inauguration of Barack Obama was on January 20, 2009 becoming the 44th president. and has also set a record attendance for any event held in Washington D.C.
