What happened in America 2000-2020

This lecture will cover the biggest events that

happened in America between 2000 and 2020.

The bombing of 9 11.

An invasion of Afghanistan 2001 on September 11,

2001 people all over the United States of

America found themselves drawn to their television set

to watch the news.

Even those who often chose to avoid the news,

found themselves drawn to their screens.

The attack equally as devastating as it was unexpected.

First rocked the city of New York at 8:56 AM

When a passenger plane, American Airlines Flight 11 hijacked by terrorists,

flew straight into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

After the plane hit, smoke began to billow filling the sky.

A mere seven minutes later at 903 A. M.

The South tower was hit by United Airlines flight 1 75.

Then the pentagon was hit at 9 37 am.

The final plane which hadn't hit its intended target yet

was taken back by the passengers and crashed into

a field near shanksville Pennsylvania at 10 03 am.

It was later revealed that the attack was organized by a group called Al Qaeda

led by Osama bin laden.

Less than a month after the attack, the US invaded Afghanistan in retaliation

beginning the US Want Terror.

Two years later in March 2003,

the us also invaded Iraq due to its control over large weaponry.

911 brought the country together but also brought about many changes

that tie in America's security like the creation of the Piazza

911 also caused Americans to become suspicious of any who were of Arabic descent.

It led to unfair treatment and virtual internment of muslim Americans.

Hurricane Katrina 2005.

4 years later, while the military still fought the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Another tragedy hit the us in the form of a hurricane.

Hurricane Katrina is one of the largest

natural disasters in modern United States history,

damaging 90,000 square miles of land.

The hurricane began its approach toward Louisiana and Mississippi

as a category five hurricane

thankfully that dropped down to a category three before reaching land or

the damage would have been even more extensive than it already was

footage captured during the storm showed roads flooded so

badly you couldn't even see the streets anymore.

The hurricane did not have quite the bonding effect that 9-11 did,

but there were still many people who stood up and

attempted to help others in the crisis that they faced.

One group that probably contributed the most aid to

the relief effort was the American Red Cross organization.

According to an article about the relief they provided.

It said that more than 245,000 Red Cross disaster.

Workers assisted millions of people with shelter food money to get

back on their feet emotional support and other basic needs.

Barack Obama President 2008,

The 2008 election brought with it a chance to make history.

It became apparent that Barack Obama held a certain amount of

popularity and being backed by one of the main parties Democrats

meant that for the first time, there was a high

probability that America would have an African American in office.

At the end of the final pre election, NBC battleground map.

Obama had two states new Mexico and

colorado that were predicted to vote democratic.

While they had in the past been republican states,

Obama jumped ahead at 11:00 when he claimed the votes of a number of the big states.

This took his electoral vote count up to

284 when the number needed for election was 270

In the end, the electoral votes were Obama 365 and McCain 173

on that night.

History was made in the United States

continued its progression toward equal opportunity.

The boston Marathon bombing 2013,

The boston marathon is the oldest yearly marathon in the world.

The marathon is a celebration,

representative of the battles of concord and Lexington.

The first two battles of the Revolutionary War

Consistently held on the 3rd Monday of April,

it was easy for anyone who wanted to cause problems

to know when they would need to be ready to strike

On April 15, 2013, which marked the 117th running of the marathon

Two bombs exploded by the finish line

witnesses who were at the finish line when the bombs went off noted that the first

went off right next to the line and the other around 200 yards off from that.

The bombs went off at around 2:49 in the

afternoon and we're pressure cooker bombs filled with shrapnel.

At first. Police were unclear on if the explosions were an accident,

such as an explosion in a leaky gas line.

However, despite being unsure of what had caused the explosions,

they instantly began putting out warnings.

They warned people to stay away from trash receptacles because

they were a common place for bombs to be hidden.

The events of the Boston Marathon bombings spread around the world,

leaving an impression on even the youngest people at the time.

One person who was only 12 years old remember talking about it with their parents

showing the widespread reach the attack had

Same sex marriage 2015

On June 26, 2015. After months of speculation and debate,

The Supreme Court finally declared same sex marriage is legal in all 50 states,

meaning that all states were now required to perform same sex marriages.

It was a close vote, but the L G. B. T. Q plus community still managed to win the day

The vote came down to justice, Anthony Kennedy and ended with a total of 54

24.

The four people who voted against the ruling were chief justice,

john roberts and justices, antonin Scalia

Clarence, thomas and Samuel alito

Kennedy was quoted saying they ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law.

The constitution grants them that right,

This was a huge step in the right direction for the equal rights of everyone.

Although it was only the first step, it was a great stride.

President Obama made his own comment on the vote,

which seemed rather fitting since his election was its own monumental occasion.

Obama says the ruling will strengthen all of our communities by offering

dignity and equal status to all same sex couples and their families.

The President calls the ruling of victory for America

Me too 2017

though, the me too movement was first started in 2006 by Toronto Burke.

It didn't receive the wide recognition it has now until 2017.

In October of 2017,

The New York Times released a story about the sexual harassment of

many women at the hands of a man named Harvey Weinstein.

With the break of the story,

it opened the door for many women who had been assaulted by public figures.

Finally, they had courage to stand up to their Attackers.

The greatest part and the part that shows the most impact of the Me

Too movement is the fact that it wasn't just a movement guided by women.

It may have started that way,

but soon both men who had been assaulted themselves

and men who simply wanted to give support,

began participating in the movement.

One person who came forward was not only a man, but was also a celebrity,

Anthony Rapp came forward about being sexually

harassed by fellow actor Kevin Spacey,

when he was only 14 years old

in an interview wrap said in this moment with what's happened,

it's become clear that people can be believed and that it can have an impact.

The entire apparatus that kept people silent

and also kept those guilty of harassment safe

is being dismantled.

There is no such thing as truly being alone,

which is what I hope this moment demonstrates

that there is strength in numbers

like Rap said, there is no such thing as being alone,

especially when the subject is something like sexual harassment,

which happens far more than anyone would like to admit

now that the doors have been opened. Hopefully the community will continue to grow

and power

The election and impeachment of President Trump 2016-2019

Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States despite his

tendency to make comments that were insulting to those he was running against

and those of the african american and LGBTQ plus community

people found themselves wanting to support trump in his running.

People appreciate that trump, didn't mince his words,

he wasn't afraid to say what came to mind

which meant he would always be honest with his constituency

after trump won the election,

the US intelligence community announced its

belief that Russian hackers had been hired

to publish democratic emails to help strengthen

the support for the republican party.

This was not the only controversy that came from the election of trump.

Not long after he was sworn into office trump put into action,

his first controversial piece of legislation which was known as the muslim ban.

The legislation suspended immigration from seven muslim

majority countries to the United States.

There were also many things trump did that were groundbreaking in a good way.

The most notable of these being that he was the

first US president to set foot on korean soil along with

setting foot on their soil trump was a key contributor to

the negotiations that brought peace between north and south Korea.

The muslim ban was not the only thing

trump did that people found brash and unconstitutional.

One of the other things that ruffled the

feathers of both government and the people was trump's

decision to make use of an executive order in

order to build a wall on the border between

the United States and Mexico.

After three years of dealing with Trump's strange decisions,

the House of Representatives finally decided to take action and on December 18,

2019,

they followed through with the impeachment of Trump on the

grounds of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Though this did not remove trump from office with the coming election,

it was becoming clear that trump probably would not be serving for another term.

COVID-19 reaches America 2020,

Even after the chaos and uncertainty that surrounded the Trump

election in subsequent impeachment by the House of Representatives.

There was still more coming for America before the end of 2020.

The final thing to Rock.

America was the arrival of the coronavirus on December 12, 2019.

The first case of the virus appeared in China.

Although at that time the disease did not yet have a name.

On january 17th 2020 this season,

CDC began screening people arriving in the U. S. A. By plane.

It was only three days later on the 20th when the

first laboratory confirmed case of Covid 19 surfaced in the U.

S.

Not soon after that, the first quarantine was put into place by mid 2020,

a vaccine was in development.

People were wearing masks out to the store to help keep down the spread of the disease

and local governments were becoming involved in the opinion

of some too too large of an extent.

Living through covid was no easy task.

Schools were shut down and students went from learning

in a classroom environment and seeing their friends every day

to never being able to see their friends

and attempting to function and learn over zoom classes

in a strictly online forum.

However, schools weren't the only thing that shut down the whole world shut down.

Thanks to covid

toilet paper and other essentials were bought out in crazy amounts.

There were many people left with so much by the time things

calmed down that they didn't know what to do with it.

Neither the World Nor America is completely out of the woods yet,

but things are looking far more up than they were at the start of 2020.

Here are my citations and thank you for.

What happened in America 2000-2020

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