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Bush wins the presidential election against Al Gore in the election of 2000. -
This event occurred on November 11th, 2001. Islamic terrorist hijacked 4 airplanes and crashed them into the Twin Towers. This was a terrorist attack against the US. -
On this date, Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act. This act authorizes state funded educational programs. It also requires testing for students in reading and math from grades 3-8 and once in high school -
Bush signs the Medicare Reform Act. It provides health insurance for people in the US with low income. -
The US attacks and invades Iraq this is a big deal because it was the first stage of the Iraq war. -
Hurricane Katrina was a category 5 hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and caused lots of damage to areas in the path of the hurricane. -
This act funded and partially constructed a long fence along the Mexican border, it also allowed for people to put fencing along their properties -
On this date, George W. Bush signed the National Security Act allowing safer cargo transport. -
This act was made to fix the mortgage crisis at the time. It ensured that the US would not suffer that bad economically again.