1. George W. Bush Presidency

2. Today’s Objective After today’s lesson, students will be able to…
Discuss the controversy behind the 2000 election
Explain President Bush’s domestic policies
Essential Skill:
Gather information and data

3. 2000 Presidential Election
George W. Bush (R)
50,456,002 Popular Votes
271 Electoral Votes
Al Gore (D)
50,999,897 Popular Votes
266 Electoral Votes
Ralph Nader (G)
2,822,955 Popular Votes
0 Electoral Votes

4. 2000 Presidential Election

5. 2000 Presidential Election

6. 2000 Presidential Election
Florida was the key to victory; Gore had 266 & Bush 246 Electoral votes
Bush led 500 votes; mandatory recount
Tens of thousands of votes rejected
Supreme Court decision determined president
Bush v. Gore (2000)

7. 2000 Presidential Election
What is more crucial?
-Determining a winner in a timely fashion… OR
-Determining the intent of the voters…

8. George W. Bush’s Domestic Policy
As Bush took office the economy began to slow.
Dot.com profits failed to appear.
Stock prices were hurt by dishonest accounting practice scandals.
Bush pushed tax cuts to fulfill campaign promises and to spur the slumping economy.
New laws cut taxes, reduced the marriage penalty, and lowered the estate tax.
The economy did not improve, it went into a recession.
Tax cuts in 2003 eliminated the tax on dividends.

9. Bush’s Domestic Policy
Bush announced the No Child Left Behind Act to improve education.
States were required to develop academic standards and test students annually to ensure that the standards were being met.
Education
In 2003 Bush updated the Medicare program.
Included a benefit to help Medicare recipients pay for prescription medicine.
Health
Care
Established the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives to help religious community-service organizations develop greater access to federal funding.
Other
Issues

10. September 11, 2001 19 al-Qaeda terrorists coordinated attack
8:45 am North Tower struck by American Airlines Flight 11
9:03 am South Tower struck by United Airlines Flight 175
9:43 am Pentagon struck by American Airlines Flight 77
10:10 am United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Shanksville, PA
8:30 pm President Bush's
Address

14. Bush learns of the attacks

17. Watching in horror from “ground zero”

18. Response to disaster

22. Osama Bin Laden

23. Legacy How has the world changed since 9/11? Impact on American life?
Plane/travel regulations today vs. then
Dept. of homeland security
Patriot act
9/11 commission vs. wiki leaks re: sharing of intelligence
Death of bin Laden May 2011

24. Al-Qaeda -- “The Base” Strategy
1. Provoke the United States into invading a Muslim country.
2. Incite local resistance to occupying forces.
3. Expand the conflict to neighboring countries, and engage the U.S. in a long war of attrition.
4. Convert al-Qaeda into an ideology and set of operating principles that can be adopted in other countries. Incite attacks against countries allied with the U.S. until they withdraw from the conflict.
5. The U.S. economy will finally collapse

25. The War on Terror 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan 2001 Patriot Act
Remove Taliban; find Osama bin Laden
2001 Patriot Act
Department of Homeland Security
2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom
WMD/al-Qaeda link ?
2006 Saddam executed
2011 US troops leave
2011 bin Laden killed