President George W Bush Timeline

  • Bush vs. Gore

    Bush vs. Gore

    The decision of who is going to be the next president of the united states.
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    Bush presidency

  • George Bush sworn into office

    George Bush sworn into office

    After beating Gore in the presidential race, He gets sworn into office
  • 9/11

    9/11

    First terrorist attack on the United States. Planes crashed into the world trade center, causing both buildings to collapse and another plane hit the Pentagon.
  • War in Afghanistan

    War in Afghanistan

    War to find terrorist hiding in mountains working for Bin-Laden, who claimed responsible for the attacks on 9/11
  • Patriot act passed

    Patriot act passed

    Allowed the FBI to wiretap or listen into phone calls, to make sure that no terrorist were making phone calls.
  • War in Iraq starts

    War in Iraq starts

    Getting Iraq to freedom
  • South East Asian tsunami

    South East Asian tsunami

    Huge earthquake in the sea created a large tsunami that killed over 230,000–280,000
  • Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans

    Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans

    The most popular hurricane that hit the US, costed over $108 billion in damage.
  • Hurricane Rita in the Gulf of Mexico

    Hurricane Rita in the Gulf of Mexico

    4th most intense Atlantic hurricane that hit the Gulf of Mexico, caused $12 billion in damage
  • Nancy Pelosi becomes first female speaker of the House

    Nancy Pelosi becomes first female speaker of the House

    Nancy Pelosi gets elected to be the speaker of the House making her the first speaker of the house of Represenitives.
  • Biggest bailouts in history start

    Biggest bailouts in history start

    $700 billion backed up for bank assets.
  • Barack Obama inauguration

    Barack Obama inauguration

    Bush's presidency is finally over and Barack Obama steps into office. Which makes the first African American President.