The document summarizes key events related to 9/11 terrorist attacks, the US response, and its aftermath: - 9/11 attacks in 2001 killed almost 3,000 people and were the worst terrorist attacks on US soil, carried out by al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden. - The US launched the War on Terror and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan to target al-Qaeda's base. The war later expanded to Iraq with the defeat of Saddam Hussein. - New security measures were implemented at airports and other public areas, and the Department of Homeland Security was created.

2.  September 11th, 2001 are
worst terrorist attacks on
U.S. soil
 Almost 3,000 die in the
attacks
 - includes 265 plane
passengers
 - 343 New York City rescue
workers
 The United States
launched a war against
international terrorism
after being attacked

3.  Attacks are carried out
by Al-Qaeda: extremist
Muslims led by Saudi
millionaire Osama bin
Laden
 Operation Enduring
Freedom
- coalition military action in
Afghanistan, al-Qaeda’s base
country
 War expands to Iraq in
2003, defeats Saddam
Hussein

4.  New airport security
measures after
September 11
• Extra safety
precautions at public
places such as sports
stadiums
 • Other possible targets
protected: nuclear power
plants, water supply
 • Department of
Homeland Security is
created

7.  Many metropolitan areas in
the United States have
sprawled, or spread out,
farther and farther.
 Cities are focusing on smart-
growth solutions to urban
sprawl.
 Urban sprawl—poorly
planned city development
 - city’s population spreads over an
ever-widening area
 - outlying areas become populated,
filling land between them and city

8.  United States is a
“melting pot” of
people from many
different ethnic,
religious and cultural
backgrounds.
 Unifying such diverse
peoples is a challenge
for the United States

9.  For years Americans
believed in assimilation
- minority cultures assume the
language, customs of the
dominant culture
 - Native Americans forced to
adopt language (English),
clothes, religion
 Earlier European
immigrants assimilate or
face prejudice
- undergo “Americanization,”
adopt common language,
culture

10.  Become “Americanized”
or Chuck Norris will
round house kick you in
the face!

11.  Unlike the European
immigrants of the
1800’s, today's
immigrants are
largely from Latin
America and Asia.
- less likely to give up
traditions, beliefs

12.  Some in U.S. feel strength
comes from blending
cultures together
-multiculturalism benefits
American society
 Others believe different
languages and customs
creates separation, not
unity
- they want immigration
limited and English to be the
official language

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