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Good Morning!!. NVC HOT ROC: H.W. Bush vs. Clinton George W. Bush and 9/11 Essential Question : Has the United States preserved its founding ideals in the aftermath of 9/11? Homework : Work on Final Project. HOT ROC: H.W. Bush vs. Clinton.
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Good Morning!! • NVC • HOT ROC: H.W. Bush vs. Clinton • George W. Bush and 9/11 Essential Question: Has the United States preserved its founding ideals in the aftermath of 9/11? Homework: Work on Final Project
HOT ROC: H.W. Bush vs. Clinton • Were George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton successful in accomplishing their domestic policies?
George W. Bush • George W. Bush • Elected President in 2000 in incredibly close election against Al Gore • Bush v. Gore: Supreme Court decision results in Bush Presidency • Domestic Policy • No Child Left Behind: education reform • Tax cuts to revive the economy
9/11 “All of a sudden there were people screaming. I saw people jumping out of the building. Their arms were flailing. I stopped taking pictures and started crying.” -Michael Walters, a freelance photojournalist in Manhattan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNw0jOhVJ3A • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lKZqqSI9-s • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TqqzOCPmRE
Why 9/11? “The events of September 11th are but a reaction to the continuous injustice and oppression practiced against our sons in Palestine and Iraq, and in Somalia and Southern Sudan, and in other places like Kashmir and Assam. This matter concerns the whole Islamic Nation. As for those who condemned the these operations looked at the event in isolation, and failed to connect them to past events and did not look at the causes that lead to this result.”—Osama Bin-Laden, October 2001
Have we preserved our founding ideals? • Equality: people are treated and valued the same • Rights: privileges or powers people possess • Liberty: Freedom from control • Opportunity: chance to pursue a better life • Democracy: government run by the people