7th Grade US History - Chapter 27 - Vocabulary

An 2 airliners, hijacked by terrorists, slammed into the World Trade Center. A third plane hit the Pentagon and a fourth plane crashed in rural Pennsylvania.

• September 11, 2001

• al-Qaeda

• Osama bin Laden

• Barack Obama

International terrorist network led by Osama bin Laden and were responsible for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

• September 11, 2001

• al-Qaeda

• Osama bin Laden

• Barack Obama

44th President

• September 11, 2001

• al-Qaeda

• Osama bin Laden

• Barack Obama

Leader of al-Qaeda; linked to several terrorist attacks against America and its allies, including September 11, 2001.

• September 11, 2001

• al-Qaeda

• Osama bin Laden

• Barack Obama

The first Hispanic attorney General in American history

• Alberto Gonzales

• Condoleezza Rice

• Edward Snowden

• Barack Obama

National Security Advisor (and later Secretary of State) Condoleezza Rice was a prominent Christian on the Bush administration's leadership team.

• Alberto Gonzales

• Condoleezza Rice

• Edward Snowden

• Barack Obama

A contract worker for the National Security Agency (NSA) who leaked information that showed the NSA may have overstepped the law by collecting large amounts of data from U.S. citizens.

• Alberto Gonzales

• Condoleezza Rice

• Edward Snowden

• Barack Obama

The United States and other nations (including Great Britain) who were willing to invade Iraq since Saddam Hussein refused to destroy their nuclear weapons.

• coalition of the willing

• compassionate conservatism

• faith-based initiatives

• preemptive strike

George W. Bush's idea of a means of improving education and working with religious organizations to fight urban problems.

• coalition of the willing

• compassionate conservatism

• faith-based initiatives

• preemptive strike

Bush enlisting pastors, both white and minorities, to help administer government social programs that put into practice his "conservative conservatism"

• coalition of the willing

• compassionate conservatism

• faith-based initiatives

• preemptive strike