Today we went over our maps. We read an article about same sex marriage. Then we continued talking about 9/11. Then we started talking about Afghanistan.
9/11 on test- Describe what happened in detail and why it happened. Be sure to discuss why Al-Qaeda hated us. Also discuss the impact it had on the US. I also want someone to look into al-Qaeda's and Osama bin Laden's background.
- north tower was the first one hit
- total of 19 hijakers
- Target area was the north eastern area
- in between 17 minutes both the towers were hit
- people thought the the hit on the first tower was an accident
Al-Queada
- Al-Queada is the largest terrorist orginazation in the world
- First came around during the cold war- early 1980s
- Soviet Union left and Al-Queada couldn't decide what type of government to have
- Al-Quaeda trained the Taliban
- Leader Osama Bin Laden killed in 2011
- U.S. helped them early on to try to stop communist
- Mushahaden is the name of the gov. we were helping
Outcome from 9/11
- Lots of economic damage $$$
- many buildings damaged
- many changes
- Patriot Act passed to make FBI able to to check into people if they are a suspected terrorists
- lot more stricter on airports and ball games and other things like that
- affetced the mindset of many Americans
- lead to war to Afghanistan and water boarding
Osama Bin Ladan
- born from his dad's 10th wife
- originally born in Saudi Arabia
- has around 70 siblings
- Very wealthy- millionare
- went to Africa after he was kicked out of Saudi Arabia
- His parents disowned him after 9/11
- died when he was shot by Seal Team 6
- shot 3 times
- Public enemy #1 for over a decade
Afghanistan
Why did we go to war with them?
- basically because of 9/11
- President bush said, "If you aren't with us you are against us."
- We are also over there to help their Gov. and military
- We can't leave to early or the Taliban might come back
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