2. Today we will identify and describe the events of September 11 th, 2001. By discussing what happened that day and how it impacted our nation. To understand how historical events impact our lives.

3. The World Trade Center (WTC) was a 16-acre commercial complex in lower Manhattan. It contained seven buildings, a large plaza, and an underground shopping mall that connected six of the buildings. The centerpieces of the complex were the Twin Towers.

5.  On September 11, 2001, the entire complex was destroyed in a terrorist attack that has come to be referred to as “9/11”.

6.  http://www.history.com/topics/9-11- attacks/videos#911-timeline http://www.history.com/topics/9-11- attacks/videos#911-timeline

7. http://www.history.com/topics/9-11- timeline/videos/escaping-the-south-tower

8.  http://www.history.com/topics/9-11- timeline/videos/the-todd-beamer-story-lets- roll http://www.history.com/topics/9-11- timeline/videos/the-todd-beamer-story-lets- roll

9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtVMHjygw8Y

13. Osama bin Laden  Member of a wealthy Saudi Arabian family  Wanted to start a worldwide Islamic revolution  Angry at the presence of American military in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War  Developed a terrorist network called al Qaeda, or “the base”  Had links to a 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center  Trained attackers that killed American soldiers in Somalia Al Qaeda  Made a number of threats against the United States  Connected to the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania  Clinton launched a missile attack into an al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan.  Carried out a bomb attack against the USS Cole  Terrorists entered the United States in 2000 and enrolled in flight schools to learn to fly airplanes.

14. War in Afghanistan  A group known as the Taliban ruled in Afghanistan.  Governed according to strict Islamic law  Close relationship with bin Laden  Bush demanded that the Taliban seize bin Laden and give him to the United States.  The Taliban refused and so on October 7, 2001, the United States and Great Britain attacked the Taliban in Afghanistan. Results of the War  U.S. and British troops relied on fighters of Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance—a group that opposed the Taliban.  The Taliban was defeated by early December.  Bin Laden, however, managed to avoid being captured.

15. Bush and Congress created the Department of Homeland Security. After 9/11 the nation experienced another type of terrorist threat: deliberate anthrax poisoning. The crisis was limited to a handful of specific locations, but it alarmed the American people. The White House proposed the USA PATRIOT Act, which made it easier for law enforcement to secretly collect information about suspected terrorists. Critics claimed this act gave law enforcement too much power and posed a threat to basic freedoms.

16.  Bush declared a war on terror and listed Iraq as a possible foe.  Iraq was to destroy its weapons of mass destruction after the Gulf War and allow UN weapons inspectors inside the country.  Although Iraq allowed weapons inspections following 9/11, Bush insisted that Iraq had failed to account for weapons it was known to have possessed after the Persian Gulf War.  Many of America’s longtime allies advised against going to war, but Bush insisted that Iraq was a threat and invaded Iraq in March 2003.