The Worst Day In American History

Flashback to September 11, 2001, which is considered by many to be the worst day in American history. However, this was also a turning point in American history and the start of a new age. This was not the first terrorist attack on U.S. soil. On February 26, 1993, the World Trade Center would see it’s first but not last attack which was not successful. Then on April 19, 1995, a federal build was blown up. This would be known as the Oklahoma City Bombing. With the most recent terrorist attack happening during the Boston Marathon where two Islamic teens, used improvised bombs killing 3 and injuring hundreds more. So with global terrorism becoming a big problem these days, defense spending in the U.S. is surpassing 1.6 trillion dollars. So is the money making us the greatest fighting force in the world or is just making us look worse? But where did it all begin? And where is it all going? …show more content…
It also says how we need improvement of domestic and overseas intelligence on internal security. Then the increase in defense and intelligence spending. (2001, October) However, after the September 11th attacks, it took three years for congress to put the act in order to prevent terrorist attacks in the U.S. and around the world. It would take place and the article has two very important acts; Title VII: Terrorism Prevention. Also, the article states: “Weapons of Mass Destruction Prohibition Improvement Act of 2004” also “Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons”. These acts of Congress helped keep terrorism at a minimum but it still exists due to the hatred for other countries by Muslim countries. (Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. (2017, February