2000 Presidential Election and September 11th, 2001 (9/11)

In the 2000 presidential election, ​ (a)   ran for the Republicans and ​ (b)   ran for the Democrats. ​ (c)   ran for the Green Party ticket.

• George W. Bush
• Al Gore
• Ralph Nader

The outcome of the presidential election of 2000 hinged on the state of ​ (a)   , since both candidates needed its 25 ​ (b)   .

• Florida
• electoral votes

Bush led by a slim margin, so Al Gore asked for a ​ (a)   and petitioned the ​ (b)   to extend the deadline. Bush asked the ​ (c)   to rule on the constitutionality of the recount. The ruling upheld ​ (d)   as the certified winner.

• recount
• Florida Supreme Court
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Bush

Who won the controversial Presidential Election of 2000?

• Al Gore
• George W. Bush
• Ralph Nader

Why was the 2000 Presidential Election controversial?

• The election was decided by a landslide in California.
• The election was primarily about economic policies.
• The election was controversial due to the disputed results in Florida and the Supreme Court's intervention.

On September 11, 2001, passenger jets slammed into the two towers of the ​ (a)   in ​ (b)   . Soon after, a third plane crashed into ​ (c)   near Washington, D.C.

• World Trade Center
• New York City
• the Pentagon

A fourth plane that was probably targeting the ​ (a)   or the Capitol building, but crashed in a field in ​ (b)   .

• White House
• Pennsylvania

The attacks were the work of ​ (a)   and his organization called ​ (b)   .

• Osama bin Laden
• al-Qaeda

President Bush demanded that the ​ (a)   regime turn over ​ (b)   and shut down all ​ (c)   in ​ (d)   .

• Taliban
• Osama bin laden
• terrorist camps
• Afghanistan

President Bush issued an ​ (a)   freezing the assets of those suspected of ​ (b)   , and he created the ​ (c)   in October 2001 to coordinate efforts to stop terrorism.

• executive order
• terrorism
• Office of Homeland Security