George W. Bush Presidency How does GW Bush deal with issues of the 2000s?

George W. Bush PresidencyGeorge W. Bush PresidencyHow does GW Bush deal with issues of the 2000s?

2000 Election

• Vice-president Al Gore (D) vs. Gov. George W. Bush (R)• Confusion over the ballot in Palm Beach, Florida• VQ: What were voters worried about in Palm Beach?

Bush Wins Presidency

• Florida vote is in questions, who ever win Florida, wins election

• VQ: What confusion did the news networks create on election night?

• Machine recount gives Bush FLA by 327 votes, Gore challenges the result wants a hand recount (issue of “chads”)

• VQ: Does Florida State Supreme Court rule about the recount?

• Bush sues to stop recount, Bush v. Gore: US Supreme Court halts recount- Bush wins

Bush Domestic Agenda• Bush takes Clinton surplus and gives it back to American

people ($300 per tax payer)• Bush gets tax cuts passed, (based on income, wealthier get

more, poor get less)• Bush proposes No Child Left Behind education standards

World Trade Center

•Al-Qaeda members enter US w/ incomplete visas, hijack four planes

•Two planes crash into the World Trade Center

Results of 9/11 •2001: US invades Afghanistan to remove Taliban who supported Osama Bin Laden

•2001: Patriot Act will allow US Gov new powers such as no-warrant wire taps, collection of data

September 11th, 2001

Pentagon & Pennsylvania

•Third hits the Pentagon in Washington.

•Passengers took over fourth plane, crashes in PA field

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HcX3iffQcI&safe=active

War in Iraq•2002: Pres Bush says Iraq has Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) & are part of an “axis of evil”

•VP Cheney says Iraq had a connection to Al-Qaeda (9/11) and an attack on the US was imminent

•March 2003: Pres Bush invades Iraq, despite UN disapproval

•May 2003: Bush declares “Mission accomplished” but US removes all Baath party members from jobs, many join insurgency against US

•2006: Insurgency grows, US soldiers implicated in Abu-Grabe scandal•War continues beyond Bush, 4500 US soldiers & millions of Iraqis die

Bush’s Second Term

• 2006: People angry over Iraq war, allows Democrats to regain Congress, Nancy Pelosi 1st woman elected Spkr of House

• 2007-08: Major financial crisis begins. Why?1. Growing debt from wars & tax cuts slows economy2. Housing bubble bursts - home prices overvalued & “sub-prime”

mortgages w/ flexible interest• Result: Massive mortgage defaults, banks losing money3. Major banks & other businesses fail due to risky loans• Bush & Congress pass TARP – up to $700 billion in tax money

to helped troubled institutions

• 2008: Huge debt, failed No Child Left Behind, two wars, possible depression