In 2000, Bush won the presidential election becoming the 43rd president. “He won the presidency after narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Al Gore. (History.com)” During Bush’s presidency, terrorist attacked America. That day, September 11, 2001, shaped his entire time in office. After facing the aftermath of the attacks he declared “war on terrorism” which led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (History.com) Bush was born to George H.W. Bush and Dorothy Pierce Bush on July 6, 1946, in New Haven Connecticut. Bush was the oldest of six children. When Bush was born his father, George H.W. Bush, was attending Yale University. His father the former World War II naval aviator, was also an executive in the oil industry, therefor Bush was raised
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Bush’s first term, he pushed to get a huge tax cut to fuel the economy. Some people that were against Bush argued that it favored the wealthy however, Bush believed “A good tax system ought to do so fairly, keeping its costs of compliance and administration as low as feasible. It ought to be conductive to economic growth (The Case for Fundamental Reform).” Bush had a tough first presidential term. In 2001, his first year in office, America was hit with terrorist attacks which killed almost three thousand people. The morning of September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda hijacked four planes to use as suicide attacks on targets they had in the United States. They flew two of the planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City killing most of the victims. The third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane did not make it to the destination and crashed in field in Pennsylvania. Over three thousand people died during the New York and Washington, D.C. attacks and more than 400 police officers and firefighters died trying to save the lives of others. These terrorist attacks defined Bush’s presidency. Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda, was the person being the 9/11 attacks. A month later, Bush had the United States invade Afghanistan to try and defeat the Taliban government what the U.S. had suspected of hiding out Bin Laden. The plan was a fail and they did not capture Bin Laden until 2011, a decade later. Bush came up with a plan to protect the U.S. from terrorist attacks in the future. His idea was to create homeland security by signing the Patriot Act in 2002. In order to defeat leader Sadaam Hussein, the U.S. had to invade Iraq in 2003. Sadaam Hussein was suspected to be supporting the terrorist groups and holding large amounts of weapons of mass destruction. That year they finally caught him large amounts of weapons were not ever discovered
Bush’s first term, he pushed to get a huge tax cut to fuel the economy. Some people that were against Bush argued that it favored the wealthy however, Bush believed “A good tax system ought to do so fairly, keeping its costs of compliance and administration as low as feasible. It ought to be conductive to economic growth (The Case for Fundamental Reform).” Bush had a tough first presidential term. In 2001, his first year in office, America was hit with terrorist attacks which killed almost three thousand people. The morning of September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda hijacked four planes to use as suicide attacks on targets they had in the United States. They flew two of the planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City killing most of the victims. The third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane did not make it to the destination and crashed in field in Pennsylvania. Over three thousand people died during the New York and Washington, D.C. attacks and more than 400 police officers and firefighters died trying to save the lives of others. These terrorist attacks defined Bush’s presidency. Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda, was the person being the 9/11 attacks. A month later, Bush had the United States invade Afghanistan to try and defeat the Taliban government what the U.S. had suspected of hiding out Bin Laden. The plan was a fail and they did not capture Bin Laden until 2011, a decade later. Bush came up with a plan to protect the U.S. from terrorist attacks in the future. His idea was to create homeland security by signing the Patriot Act in 2002. In order to defeat leader Sadaam Hussein, the U.S. had to invade Iraq in 2003. Sadaam Hussein was suspected to be supporting the terrorist groups and holding large amounts of weapons of mass destruction. That year they finally caught him large amounts of weapons were not ever discovered