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Unit 12 2000s
The document summarizes key events and people from US politics in the 2000s. It discusses the 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush. It also mentions the Supreme Court nominations under Bush and Obama, as well as the 2007 surge of US troops to Iraq under Bush and its reported success in reducing violence.
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Unit 12 2000s
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- 3. Al Gore (D)Born in Washington DC but raised in Tennessee. Graduate of Harvard. Served in the Army as a journalist in Vietnam. Served in Congress for 17 years in both the House and Senate (1976 – 1993) Vice President under Bill Clinton from 1993-2001.
- 4. George W. Bush(R) Born in Connecticut but raised in Texas. Graduated from Yale and Harvard Graduate School. Served in Texas Air National Guard. Son of President, Grandson of a Senator. Part owner of Texas Rangers until he successfully ran for Governor of Texas in 1994.
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- 6. Minor Party CandidatesReform Party Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan , left, and Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader.
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- 11. Republican candidate fromArizona. 71 years old. Graduate US Naval Academy 23 years in US Navy Fighter Pilot in Vietnam POW in Vietnam for 6 years Political Experience House of Reps 4 years Senate 22 years Personal Married 2X; 7 Children John McCain
- 12. John Kerry Senatorfrom Massachusetts. Vietnam Vet.
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- 14. Supreme Court PresidentBush Chief Justice John Roberts Samuel Alito
- 15. The Surge Thesurge refers to United States President Bush's 2007 increase in the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province. Commander of Multinational Force Iraq was counter-insurgency expert General David Petraeus .
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- 17. Democrat candidate fromIllinois. 47 years old Columbia University and Harvard Law School. Political Experience State Legislator 7 years Senate 4 years Personal Married with 2 children First African American to run for President Barack Obama
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- 19. Supreme Court PresidentObama Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan