History 2301E Lecture : Lecture 49, Part 2 – The 2000s
11 Apr 2012
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2000: bush vs. gore: highly contested, decided by the supreme court. Unilateralism abroad, conservative at home: implemented standardized tests in schools, no child left behind program. Most of cost left to state and local governments: faith-based initiatives. Churches involved in education and social work. Opponents: blurring line between church and state. 9/11, 2001: new direction for the bush administration, 3000 people killed, us pushed into recession and new security fields, image of america abroad changed, worldwide sympathy, demanded that the taliban hand over bin laden dead or alive. Al qaeda: aero-terrorist group, led and founded by osama bin laden, global alliance of radical muslims who gathered in afghanistan in the 1980s. Afghanistan: us targeted afghanistan for the attacks, home of the taliban, islam extremist group, haven of bin laden. 15 of the 19 high jackers were actually from saudi arabia, a long time ally of the us: invaded by us.
