2000 Election and 9/11
Warm Up: 9/11
Questions 1. Why did the Supreme Court decide the 2000 Presidential election? 2. Which state(s) decided the election? 3. Based on your knowledge of the 14th Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause, explain why the Supreme Court decided in favor of Bush? 4. Answer in a paragraph: Based on all the information you have do you think America has done too much or too little in the Middle East? 5. Answer in a paragraph: Why do you think 9/11 changed how the United States operates in the world?
2000 Election Close election Florida became the last state to report and decide the election The Supreme Court Case Bush v. Gore
9/11 September 11, 2001 Terrorist attack on the United States More than 3000 people died Al Qaeda took responsibility for the attack
News Footage http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/26625098#14516624
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Bush Bullhorn Speech http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gwbush911groundzerobullhorn.htm
1. Answer in a paragraph: Based on all the information you have do you think America has done too much or too little in the Middle East? 2. Answer in a paragraph: Why do you think 9/11 changed how the United States operates in the world?