THE MIDDLE AGES HONORS WORLD HISTORY

BELL RINGER 1.Glue in cover page. If you don’t have glue wait for independent time DON’T ASK NEIGHBOR. 2.Glue in Theme page 3.Glue in Study Guide 4.Glue in Middle Ages Timeline 5.Leave two pages blank- all bell ringers will be on one page for now on. 6.Start first Bell ringer on blank pages…Question is below. 7.Do you think the U.S. will always be a world power? Why?

GLUE DOCUMENT TITLED FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN Using your text, pp , list details that support the following reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire. Weak Leadership Economic Crisis Social Unrest Invasion

READ DOCUMENT TOGETHER 2001September 11, Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S. airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York City. September 18, Anthrax attacks by mail from Princeton, New Jersey against news and government targets begin. October 7, In response to the tragedy of September 11, the United States military, with participation from its ally the United Kingdom, commence the first attack in the War on Terrorism on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

2004 February 3, The Central Intelligence Agency admits that the imminent threat from weapons of mass destruction was not present before the 2003 Iraq war began. November 2, President George W. Bush wins reelection over Democratic Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts. He wins 50.7% of the popular vote and 286 votes in the Electoral College.

2006 October 17, The population of the United States reaches the milestone of three hundred million, taking only forty-two years to gain one hundred million people since the two hundredth million person was added in At the same time, a vibrant debate on immigration policy, particularly illegal immigration, ensues across the nation. November 7, In the mid-term elections, both houses of Congress change back to Democratic hands for the first time since This is seen as a referendum by many on the Iraq policy of the Bush administration as well as personal Republican scandals among some House and Senate members.

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2007 June 2, A terror plot to blow up JFK International Airport in New York City is thwarted when four terrorists are arrested and charged with its plan. October 3, The United States Congress passes legislation, signed by President Bush, for a $700 billion bailout, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, giving the Treasury Department authority to assist distressed Wall Street and banking businesses of the United States due to the housing, banking, and subprime mortgage crises caused by excessive greed and speculation among Wall Street firms. This economic distress, coupled with oil prices above $140 per barrel during the summer, deepened the world economic crises that had been brewing all year. The bailout was supported by current President George W. Bush and both presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain.

2008 January 20, Barack Obama takes the oath of office for President of the United States, becoming the first African-American president in the history of the nation. The Democratic Senator from Illinois comes into the office on a message of Change. The city of Washington, D.C. hosts more than one million visitors to the inauguration, covering the National Mall in a way reminiscent of the Civil Rights March of Martin Luther King forty-six years earlier.

2008 April 15, After a succession of big government spending projects beginning in the Bush administration and expanded under President Obama, 750 grass roots Tea Party protests spring up across the nation. More than one half million citizens concerned with increased deficits due to such actions such as the bailout of the banking industry, car industry, potential cap and trade legislation, and other administration projects that project a ten trillion dollar deficit over the next decade take part. October 31, The economic recession continues to deepen as jobless claims climb above 10.0%, reaching 10.2% with October's monthly figures. This occurs despite efforts by the Obama administration to ramp up massive government spending pushed by the $780 billion economic stimulus package passed earlier in the year.

2011 August 02, The US House of Representatives passes a last-minute deal to avoid a federal debt default votes to 161, as angry Democrats turn their fire on President Barack Obama, accusing him of a surrender to Republicans.

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