Poster Modern America
10.1.2
Election of 2008
- Barack Obama won the democratic party nomination.
- John McCain ran on the republican party ticket.
- Obama wants health insurance for all workers and to increase taxes on wealthy Americans.
- McCain wants to balance the budget, and most importantly he was against abortion. He was also against same sex marriage...
- Barack Obama became our first African-American president.
Barack Obama
Our 44th president and our first African-American president.
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John McCain
He was a US senator from Arizona before he ran for president.
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Barack Obama wins
He was (is) president from 2008-2016
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Effects of 9/11 Since The Attacks
- The Patriot Act was passed.
- America has had to intervene in several countries to protect democracy.
- In response to the attacks there was a war started in Afghanistan.
- The war is still ongoing.
- Picture from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
The War In Iraq
- The war began on March 20, 2003.
- It started because of the suspensions of weapons of major destruction in Iraq.
- This war led to the fall and execution of Saddam Hussein.
- Security was handed back to the Iraqi government after 8 years of war.
- Picture from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War