A Changing Era
“The secret of change is to focus your energy, not of fighting the old, but on building the new” (Socrates). During the years of 1970 to present Americans experienced both devastating falls and great rises. For example, the Watergate scandal caused many Americans to question the government of the US. In addition, Americans emerged from the Cold War as a powerful country. Also Sally Ride became the first woman in space, opening many opportunities for other women to do great things. Some other important people in this time were Al Gore and George Bush because of the close presidential race in the year of 2000. (“New Voices…” 1279-1466). An important person living during this era was Derek Jeter because he was a baseball …show more content…
On September 11, 2001 two planes flew into the twin towers in New York and the towers soon fell and collapsed killing over 3000 innocent people (Jason Villemez 1). Americans panicked soon after this event happened, wondering if there were more attacks to come on our country. The country as a whole feared for their safety after the attacks happened and some still do even to this day. Many US citizens reacted to the terror with anger and hatred towards the Islamic culture and never looked at them the same way after this terrifying event occurred. Airports became less crowded after 9/11 because many Americans were too frightened to even get back on a plane and fly because no one knew if there were going to be terrorists waiting to cause harm to more innocent people …show more content…
It has shaped how we live our lives today and changed many things in our everyday life. It has drastically improved security in all airports, making it almost impossible to bring an item with on plane that could possibly harm someone. Even the aircrafts themselves underwent new projects to make them safer for the passengers (2). The airplanes went through overhauls where fortified cockpits were introduced. Soon after the 9/11 attacks even the Islamic culture started to see the effects of the event, many people of the Islam culture began to be harassed at many airports by other passengers as well as the airport security members (2). Now in America the anti-Muslim violence has jumped drastically according to the FBI. In 2001 it jumped to 481 and has still remained over 200 to this day. Also, new legislation began to go to court to be passed for security reasons. Not shockingly, almost all of the legislation was passed without nearly any thought. Due to 9/11 new jobs and organizations like Homeland Security were created for the better of US citizens (Lydia Polgreen 1). In total, over 1200 government organizations and agencies work to counter US terrorism. As a result of 9/11 the Department of immigration now has to share visa and immigrant information with each other. Many people think that this will stop terrorist from easily being allowed to leave their country. In conclusion, the
“The secret of change is to focus your energy, not of fighting the old, but on building the new” (Socrates). During the years of 1970 to present Americans experienced both devastating falls and great rises. For example, the Watergate scandal caused many Americans to question the government of the US. In addition, Americans emerged from the Cold War as a powerful country. Also Sally Ride became the first woman in space, opening many opportunities for other women to do great things. Some other important people in this time were Al Gore and George Bush because of the close presidential race in the year of 2000. (“New Voices…” 1279-1466). An important person living during this era was Derek Jeter because he was a baseball …show more content…
On September 11, 2001 two planes flew into the twin towers in New York and the towers soon fell and collapsed killing over 3000 innocent people (Jason Villemez 1). Americans panicked soon after this event happened, wondering if there were more attacks to come on our country. The country as a whole feared for their safety after the attacks happened and some still do even to this day. Many US citizens reacted to the terror with anger and hatred towards the Islamic culture and never looked at them the same way after this terrifying event occurred. Airports became less crowded after 9/11 because many Americans were too frightened to even get back on a plane and fly because no one knew if there were going to be terrorists waiting to cause harm to more innocent people …show more content…
It has shaped how we live our lives today and changed many things in our everyday life. It has drastically improved security in all airports, making it almost impossible to bring an item with on plane that could possibly harm someone. Even the aircrafts themselves underwent new projects to make them safer for the passengers (2). The airplanes went through overhauls where fortified cockpits were introduced. Soon after the 9/11 attacks even the Islamic culture started to see the effects of the event, many people of the Islam culture began to be harassed at many airports by other passengers as well as the airport security members (2). Now in America the anti-Muslim violence has jumped drastically according to the FBI. In 2001 it jumped to 481 and has still remained over 200 to this day. Also, new legislation began to go to court to be passed for security reasons. Not shockingly, almost all of the legislation was passed without nearly any thought. Due to 9/11 new jobs and organizations like Homeland Security were created for the better of US citizens (Lydia Polgreen 1). In total, over 1200 government organizations and agencies work to counter US terrorism. As a result of 9/11 the Department of immigration now has to share visa and immigrant information with each other. Many people think that this will stop terrorist from easily being allowed to leave their country. In conclusion, the