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September 11 Terroist Attacks
September 11th, 2001, what happened is 2 airplanes got high-jacked and took off around 8 am. The first crash happens at 8:46 am. When flight 11 slames into the north tower of New Yorks world trade center. The second crash comes at 9:03 a.m., when Flight 175 flies into the south tower of the World Trade Center. George Bush learned of the attacks at 9.05 Am while sitting in an elementary school. -
Bush Ground Zero Speech
A couple days after the destruction of the towers George W. Bush gave a speech. George talks about how people lost their families. George says in his speech "I want you all to know that America today, America today is on bended knee, in prayer for the people whose lives were lost here, for the workers who work here, for the families who mourn." How people lost their loved ones. How people lost their jobs with it. -
War with Afghanistan
The war against Afghanistan followed into 2001, united states invasion of Afghanistan. Supported intially by Canada in the form of JTF2 & the United Kingdom. The U.S.was later joined by the rest of NATO. Which began in 2003. -
No Child Left Behind Act
authorizes several federal education programs that are administered by the states. The law is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Under the 2002 law, states are required to test students in reading and math in grades 3–8 and once in high school. This makes sure that all students get tested in different subjects. -
US Congress authorizes the declaration of war with Iraq
The United States has formally declared war against foreign nations five separate times. each upon prior request by the President of the United States. The War Powers Resolution proscribes the only power of the president to wage war which is recognized by Congress. -
Space Shuttle Columbia Self-Destructs
Each time the space shuttle rises from its launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., an Air Force officer waits anxiously for the first 2 minutes to pass safely. If the spaceship were to veer off course and endanger a populated area, this range safety officer would bear the terrible responsibility of flipping a pair of switches under a stenciled panel reading "Flight Termination." The first switch arms explosives on the shuttle's two solid rocket boosters. -
Bush-National Address-Declare war on Iraq
President George W. Bush invaded Iraq because his administration believed Saddam Hussein had chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction hidden in Iraq, states MSNBC.com. Bush expressed fears to the American public that those weapons of mass destruction would be used to harm the United States in a terrorist attack. After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, no weapons of mass destruction were discovered. -
Operation Red Dawn
Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted on 13 December 2003. In the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, near Tikrit, that led to the capture of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The operation was named after the 1984 film Red Dawn. -
9/11 Commission report
The 9/11 Commission Report, formally named Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The commission interviewed over 1,200 people in 10 countries and reviewed over two and a half million pages of documents, including some closely guarded classified national security documents.The commission also relied heavily on the FBI's PENTTBOM investigation. -
Wins Relection
The United States presidential election of 2004, the 55th quadrennial presidential election, was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. Republican Party candidate and incumbent President George W. Bush won re-election, defeating Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and eventual United States Secretary of State. Bush and incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney were renominated by their party with no difficulty. -
Chief Justice Roberts- Supreme Court
The Chief Justice of the United States is the the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. As such, he is head of the United States federal court system, which functions as the judicial branch of the nation's federal government. The Chief Justice is one of nine Supreme Court justices; the other eight have the title Associate Justice. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. The storm is currently ranked as the third most intense United States landfalling tropical cyclone, behind only the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Overall, at least 1,245 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest United States hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. -
Saddam Hussein Found Guilty
The Trial of Saddam Hussein was the trial of the deposed President of Iraq Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Interim Government for crimes against humanity during his time in office.The Coalition Provisional Authority voted to create the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST), consisting of five Iraqi judges, on 9 December 2003, to try Saddam Hussein and his aides for charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The trial was viewed by many as a kangaroo court or show trial. -
Democratic Party Takes Control of both Houses
The Democratic Party secured control of the US Congress in the November 7 midterm elections, winning at least 230 out of 435 seats in the House of Representatives and holding a 51-49 margin in the Senate. The last two Senate seats fell into place Thursday, when Republicans George Allen of Virginia and Conrad Burns of Montana conceded. A total of six Senate Republican incumbents were defeated. -
Former President G. Ford dies
On December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California at 6:45 p.m. local time (02:45, December 27, UTC). At 8:49 p.m. local time, President Ford's wife of 58 years, Betty Ford, issued a statement that confirmed his death, "My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has died at 93 years of age. -
New Troops in Iraq
About 600 soldiers from the 1st Armored Division will deploy later this year to Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army announced Wednesday. Of those, about 400 soldiers belong to the 1st Armored Division headquarters at Fort Bliss, Texas. Once overseas, the 1st Armored Division headquarters will take on the role of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Iraq, replacing the 1st Infantry Division headquarters. -
Obama elected; Bush bids farewell
During his last moments at the White House, former President Ronald Reagan scribbled a note for his successor on a notepad with a turkey insignia that said, "Don't let the turkeys get you down." He, too, slipped the note in the presidential desk for his successor, the elder Bush. Four years after that, Bush left a note for President Bill Clinton. And eight years after that, Clinton wrote a note for the younger Bush, and included a copy of the message he had received from Bush's father.
