1. Present Day America George W. Bush – War on Terror

2. George W. Bush Guides the nation through the September 11 th, 2001 attacks Calls North Korea, Iran and Iraq the “Axis of Evil” Declares “War on Terrorism” No Child Left Behind – Penalize schools who do not reach federal performance standards

3. Age of Computers and Technology IBM – 1 st commercial computers in 1954 – Lead to microchip Apple Computers – Steve Jobs, affordable personal computers Microsoft – Bill Gates, w/ Jobs Amazon.com – Jeff Bezos, buying and selling items by computer / internet

4. 911 Sept. 11, 2001 – American Flight 11 crashes into World Trade Center – Followed by a 2 nd crash into WTC (collapse) – Pentagon hit – Flight 93 crashes in Shanksville, PA – Largest attack / loss of life on US soil since Pearl Harbor

5. War on Terror Iraq – Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction – UN weapons inspectors not allowed in by Iraq – Hunt for Saddam Hussain Afghanistan – Hunt for Osama Bin Laden – Al Qaeda: Islamic Terrorist organization Taliban – Islamic Fundamentalist government – Allowed to run training camps for Al Qaeda Belief that if you aid and sponsor terrorist, you yourself are terrorists.

6. Homeland Security – Department to protect US from attacks – Made of Federal, Local, and State authorities (a web / network) Patriot Act – Authorities the ability to monitor suspected terrorists – Detain or deport aliens associated with terrorist groups.