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George W. Bush Presidency Chapter 33 Section 4

2000 Election ¡ Candidates ¡ Al Gore ¡ Bill Clinton’s Vice President ¡ Democrat

¡ George W. Bush ¡  Son of George H.W. Bush ¡  Republican

¡ Ralph Nader ¡ Consumer Advocate ¡ Green Party

2000 Election 2000 Election ¡ Campaign focused on the Federal

budget surplus ¡  Bush- Tax cuts

¡  Gore- strengthen Social Security and pay off some national debt

2000 Election ¡ Neither have the appeal of Clinton or

Reagan

¡ Bush- ¡  Mispronounced words

¡ Gore- ¡  Appeared cold and dull

2000 Debate

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2000 Election ¡ Electoral College was very close

¡ Gore receives ½ million MORE votes than Bush

¡ Gore fell short of gaining the Electoral vote

2000 Election ¡ Vote in Florida was so close the state

mandate said they would re-count

¡ Bush led by 327 popular votes

¡ Bush wins the 25 Electoral votes

2000 Election ¡ Democrats want ballots hand read and

not by a machine

¡ Republicans argue it goes against Miami voting laws

¡ Supreme Court intervenes

2000 Election ¡ Supreme Court ¡ Bush v. Gore

¡ Ended re- counting

¡ Gore conceded

Bush’s Agenda ¡ Bush uses budget surplus for tax cuts ¡ Way to stimulate economy

¡ $1.3 Trillion in tax cuts

¡ Very controversial

Bush’s Agenda ¡ Education ¡ Tie funding to schools that show academic

success

¡ No Child Left Behind Act- 2002 ¡ Bipartisan support ¡ Schools held accountable for those who

did not meet standards

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Bush’s Agenda ¡ Senior Citizens ¡ 2003- Prescription drugs covered by

Medicare

¡ Confusing for elderly

¡ Coverage inadequate

September 11th 2001 ¡ Biggest attack on American soil since

Pearl Harbor

¡ Hijackers take over 4 commercial planes ¡  2 crash into the World Trade Center ¡ 1 into the Pentagon

¡ 1 into a field in Pennsylvania

9/11 9/11

9/11 9/11

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9/11 9/11

9/11 9/11

9/11 War on Terror ¡ Osama bin Laden behind the attacks ¡ Opposed to Americans in Saudi Arabia

¡ U.S. support for Israel ¡ U.S. boycott against Iraq

¡ Opposed any government that was pro-western

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War on Terror ¡ Believed to be hiding in Afghanistan

¡ Taliban- Islamic fundamentalist

¡ Bush believed that any gov’t that supported terrorism should be held accountable

War on Terror ¡ Bush demands that the Taliban turn bin

Laden over

¡ Taliban refuses

¡ Bush sends troops to Afghanistan ¡ Help of Britain

Osama bin Laden National Security ¡ Protection in the United States

¡ Patriot Act- broader powers to monitor suspected terrorists ¡  Some people argue that this takes away from

civil liberties

¡ Others are willing to give that up for protection

National Security ¡ Department of Homeland Security ¡ Agency to work with Federal, state, and

local agencies

Operation Iraqi Freedom ¡ Belief that Saddam Hussein is stockpiling

nuclear weapons

¡ Defying weapons inspectors

¡ Belief there is Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

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Operation Iraqi Freedom ¡ October 2002- Congress authorizes Bush

to use American military forces in Iraq

¡ March 19, 2003- American and British forces invade Iraq

Operation Iraqi Freedom ¡ Saddam’s forces collapse quickly

¡ May 1st 2003- Bush give “Mission Accomplished” speech

¡ Saddam and other captured later

Bush’s Second Term ¡ Relied on “war president”

¡ Ran against John Kerry- Mass. Senator ¡ Decorated Vietnam War vet.

¡ Won with a comfortable margin

Bush’s Second Term ¡ Iraq still in chaos ¡ Fight for power among the Sunni’s, Shi’a,

and Kurds

¡ 2006- Saddam is sentenced to death

Bush’s Second Term ¡ 2004- UN determined there were no

weapons of mass destruction

¡ Critics of Bush say he over exaggerated to win support for the war

Bush’s Second Term ¡ Domestic- ¡ Deficit grew larger

¡ 2005- Hurricane Katrina

¡ Bush’s approval rating drops dramatically in his last 2 years in office