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Answer the questions Name______Date______Per__

Which two candidates faced off in the 2000 presidential election?

Today’s Objectives • Discuss the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. • Analyze the early goals of the George W. Bush administration Who won the popular • Describe the development of Middle East terrorism. vote in 2000? • Explain the response of the United States to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon • Discuss the War in Iraq and the 2004 presidential election Essential Question • How did the world change on 9/11? The Big Idea What state did the The ______presidential election in American history served as the prelude to the new century. After suffering 2000 race ultimately the worst ______attack in its history, the United States launched a massive effort to end international come down to? terrorism. Vocabulary 1. electoral college, noun • A group of people chosen from each U.S. state who meet to elect the President and Vice President of the U.S. based on the votes of all the people in each ______What is a chad? - The electoral college system is used to select a president instead of a pure democratic vote. 2. Al Qaeda, noun • A ______organization devoted to the spread of radical Islam and the destruction of the United States - Until recently, Osama bin Laden was the head of Al Qaeda. What did chads have 3. WMDs, noun to do with the 2000 • Weapons of mass ______; nuclear or chemical weapons created to kill large numbers of people election? - The belief that Saddam Hussein possessed WMDs led to our invasion of Iraq in 2003. 2000 Election • Texas governor George W. Bush (Republican) vs. Vice President ______How many planes • One of the closest in history were hijacked on • Gore beat Bush in the ______vote (48.4% to 47.9%) 9/11? • But popular vote doesn’t decide an election • Instead, electoral college determines a ______• Once a winner is determined in each state, ______of that state’s electoral votes go toward that candidate • ______electoral votes needed to win the presidency Where did the planes • By the end of Election Day, neither Bush nor Gore had 270 votes. eventually crash? • Race came down to one state—______—and its 25 electoral votes. • But race was so close in Florida that the state called for a ______, which was to be done by machines. • During the machine recount, thousands of votes weren’t counted because the machine couldn’t ______them The Recount Begins • Machine recount showed Bush in the lead, so Gore demanded a ______recount. Who was responsible for the attacks on • The manual recount introduced Americans to “the chad,” the piece of ______punched out of a ballot 9/11? when a vote is cast. • Vote counters had to interpret ballots that had “______chads” and “______chads” • Meanwhile, Florida officials certified Bush as the winner by only ______votes • Even though Bush had been declared the winner, the Florida Supreme Court ordered a recount of the ballots that had been rejected by the counting machines What group was in • Bush appealed to the U.S. ______Court, which ordered the recount to stop until the Court had issued control of its ruling Afghanistan in 2001? Bush v. Gore • In Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court ruled that the hand recounts were ______• Left ______the official winner in Florida and won him the presidency George W. Bush • ______of former president George H.W. Bush • Graduate of Yale and Harvard Business School • Former ______What did we want from this group? • Worked in oil industry • Governor of ______Cutting Taxes • Bush introduced $1.35 trillion in ______• Hoped Americans would ______more money, which would stimulate the economy. • But this ______happen September 11, 2001 • Members of terrorist network Al Qaeda ______four commercial jets • Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center’s ______in NYC Why did the U.S. • Another plane was flown into the ______in Washington, D.C. invade Afghanistan? • United 93 crashed in a ______in Pennsylvania with no survivors • ______people died on 9/11 Osama bin Laden • Osama bin Laden and ______planned and carried out the attacks. • Wanted to promote a worldwide ______revolution. • Claimed this required the ______of the United States. What other terrorist Al Qaeda attack did America • Connected to the bombings of the U.S. ______in Kenya and Tanzania experience soon after • Carried out a bomb attack against the ______9/11? • Terrorists entered the United States in 2000 and enrolled in ______schools to learn to fly airplanes. War in Afghanistan • A group known as the ______ruled in Afghanistan. • Governed according to strict ______law What law was created • Close relationship with bin Laden to help the • Bush demanded that the Taliban seize ______and give him to the United States. government fight • The Taliban ______and so on October 7, 2001, the United States and Great Britain attacked the terrorism? Taliban in Afghanistan. • U.S. and British troops relied on fighters of Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance—a group that opposed the Taliban. • The Taliban was ______by early December. • Bin Laden, however, managed to avoid being captured. Why didn’t some Fighting Terrorism at Home people like this law? • Department of ______Security. • After 9/11 the nation experienced another type of terrorist threat: deliberate ______poisoning. • Limited to a handful of specific locations, but it alarmed the American people. • USA ______Act - made it easier for law enforcement to secretly collect information about suspected terrorists. • Critics claimed this act gave law enforcement too much power and posed a threat to basic ______. Did Iraq have anything to do with War in Iraq the attacks on 9/11? • One of the biggest ______about the war in Iraq is that it started because Iraq was responsible for 9/11 • Bush declared a war on ______and listed Iraq as a possible foe. • Iraq was to destroy its ______of mass destruction after Gulf War and allow UN weapons inspectors inside the country. Why did the U.S. go • Although Iraq allowed weapons inspections following 9/11, Bush insisted that Iraq had failed to account for to war in Iraq? weapons it was known to have possessed after the Persian Gulf War. • Secretary of State Colin Powell went to the U.N. and claimed that the U.S. had ______that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction • Many of America’s longtime allies advised ______going to war, but Bush insisted that Iraq was a threat and invaded Iraq in March ______. • Within a month, Saddam’s regime fell and Saddam was ______within the year. Were WMDs ever found in Iraq? • American forces remained in Iraq to help keep order and train a new Iraqi ______force. • ______continued to take a terrible toll on American soldiers and Iraqi citizens. • Bush faced ______when no weapons of mass destruction were found. 2004 Election • Bush ran for re-election in 2004 against Senator ______What happened to • After a closely fought race, Bush won a second term Saddam Hussein? Bush’s Legacy • Although ______following 9/11, Bush’s popularity declined significantly in his second term • Americans were ______with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq • The ______was on the brink of collapse at the end of his second term Summary (Use at least 2 of the vocabulary terms and CIRCLE THEM in your summary): How did Bush’s ______approval rating at the ______end of his second ______term compare to his approval rating at the ______beginning of his time in office?