Election of 2000 Both Gore and Bush did not have enough Electoral Votes to win the election Gore had more popular votes Came down to Floridas 25 Electoral Votes It was unclear who won Florida ID: 567650
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The Presidency of George W. BushSlide2
Election of 2000
Both Gore and Bush did not have enough Electoral Votes to win the election
Gore had more popular votes
Came down to Florida’s 25 Electoral Votes
It was unclear who won FloridaSlide3
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/cold-opening-gore--bush-first-debate/n11360
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Bush vs. Gore
Bush won Florida by 327 votes
Democrats demanded a recount
Bush vs. Gore-
decided not to have a recount and Bush was the victorSlide5
September 11, 2001
The US attacked by Al-Qaeda after two planes crash into World Trade Center
Another crashes into PentagonSlide6
Al-Qaeda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF1Da6MCUC4
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Bush’s War on Terror
Bush believed Al-Qaeda was hiding in Afghanistan led by the Taliban Government
US invades AfghanistanSlide8
Bush’s War on Terror
Patriot Act-
gave law enforcement more powers of monitoring suspected terrorists
Department of Homeland Security-
Cabinet-level department that coordinated domestic security mattersSlide9
Iraq War
Bush believed Saddam Hussein had WMD’s
WMD- Weapons of Mass Destruction
Operation Iraqi Freedom- invasion of Iraq
Saddam’s forces fell almost immediatelySlide10Slide11
Bush’s Tough Second Term
Despite the fall of Saddam, violence in Iraq continued
WMD’s never discovered
Iraq War greatly increased federal deficit which crippled US economySlide12
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina-
natural disaster devastated much of New Orleans
Many homes of the poor destroyed
US government responded very slowly
Estimated 1800 people killed
About $108 Billion in damagesSlide13Slide14
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