The 2000sMatt Barone, Matt Bonetti, and Kyle Newlands

IntroductionAdvancement and regression

IndroductionTriumph and disaster

The War on TerrorHow it started

Four planes hijackedTwo of the Four crash into the United States tallest

buildings One crashes into the Pentagon Another crashes in a rural field in Pennsylvania.

9/11

George W. Bush has public address and states their will be justice served for this horrible crime

October 7, 2001 was the first official day starting the longest lasting war in US history.

Retaliation

Dessert StormMultiple threats and attacks from rebel groupsBut none of these attacks were as deadly as 9/11

& that’s why people call that day the true start of the “War on Terror”

Starting Date?

FBI most wanted person for more than 5 years.The most sought after man of the 21st Century.Blamed for the 9/11 attacks.Killed by Navy SEAL team 6 on May 2, 2011

Osama Bin Laden

Bush believed Saddam Hussein had WMD, And were capable of attacking any part of the world.

And congress believed this was more than enough reason to invade Iraq.

Justified Going to War?

Natural DisastersSoutheast Asian Tsunami (2004)

200,000 people in 12 countries killedHurricane Katrina (2005)

1500 dead and $100 billion in damages

Haitian earthquake (2010)300,000 killed and a million homeless

Obama received the most popular vote in US history.

Was first African American President but also the first to even receive the nomination of one of the major political parties.

Obama

An African American historian at Brown University says, “This moment ranks with the Emancipation Proclamation, The ratification of the 13th Amendment, (which ended slavery) and the Brown vs. the Board of Education as one of the most significant events in the history of the United States”

An event as significant as this happens once in a lifetime.

Obama

82,000 birds, about 6,000 sea turtles and nearly 26,000 marine mammals were harmed in the oil spill.

BP oil spill

Flew virus that came back into the world around 2004-2005.

Killed more than 17,000 people world wide.

H1N1

Category 5 storm, winds over 175 m/phMore than 60 billion dollars spent in repairs.

Katrina

Strengthen US measures to prevent, detect and prosecute international money and financing Terrorism.

The purpose of the act is to detect and punish Terrorist acts in the US and around the Globe.

US Patriot Act

Population growthLack of spaceLimited resourcesEnergy crisisGreen energy

Inventions and DiscoveriesWikipediaYouTubeSocial networkingiPod iPhoneAdvances in television

Television and RadioNew HD TVs change viewers experienceReality TVMovies- Gladiator, Harry Potter, Batman, and Gran

TorinoiPod reduced use of radio

Hip Hop/RapTeen PopDubstepLess Rock and classical More “Hipster” music

Music

Hope