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George W. Bush

George W. Bush. By: Pat Kunkle Brian Dillon. http://norway.usembassy.gov/uploads/BX/rW/BXrWxaTarSyT1MrTiib78g/Bush.jpeg. The Election of 2000. George W. Bush became president after winning the 2000 election. He beat out Al Gore and Ralph Nader.

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George W. Bush

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  1. George W. Bush By: Pat Kunkle Brian Dillon http://norway.usembassy.gov/uploads/BX/rW/BXrWxaTarSyT1MrTiib78g/Bush.jpeg

  2. The Election of 2000 • George W. Bush became president after winning the 2000 election. • He beat out Al Gore and Ralph Nader. • Bush and Gore were involved in one of the closet elections of all times. • Gore received roughly 500,000 more popular votes then Bush but did not win the electoral vote. Bush won the electoral vote by 5 points. http://bigjournalism.com/files/2010/02/al-gore-thumbs-up.jpg http://equaljusticeworks.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/ralph-nader.jpg

  3. Electoral Vote http://dflorig.com/image002.gif

  4. Popular Votes http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0876793.html http://uglyhousephotos.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/votingbooth.jpg http://www.depauw.edu/photos/PhotoDB_Repository/2006/8/custom/vote%20button%20election-293x290.jpg

  5. Independent and Third Party Voters • A third-party is a political party other than the democrats and republicans. • These parties include independents also. Ralph Nader is an example of third-party candidate. • Nader took many votes away from Gore and Bush during the election. • If he had not ran the election could have had a very different outcome. Gore and Bush both would have received more votes.

  6. Bush V. Gore • Gore demanded a recount in Florida due to a source saying the voting machines did not count the votes correctly. • Bush filed a lawsuit to stop the recount. • The supreme court ruled 5-4 to stop the recount due to the 14th Amendment. http://z.about.com/d/architecture/1/0/a/q/SupremeCourtSO000736.jpg

  7. No Child Left Behind https://www.ocps.net/lc/southeast/mja/parents/PublishingImages/NCLB.jpg http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/images/GirlDoingHomework.jpg

  8. No Child Left Behind (Cont.) • No Child Left Behind is a program that was put in place by Congress in 2001. • It was proposed by Bush immediately after he entered office. • The policy is based on the theory of standard-based education reform. Which involved established higher standards and different goals • The Cost is about 25 billion dollars per year.

  9. Results of No Child Left Behind Percent of 4th Graders In Virginia Who Received Proficient on Standardized Test http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/19/AR2005101900708.html

  10. Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) • AYP allows the US Department of Education to determine how each public school is doing academically. Private schools do not have to meet AYP. They base the results on standardized tests. • Schools that do not meet the standards are punished. This can range from offering extra classes to the school getting shut down. http://www.greenelibrary.info/images/stories/scantron.jpg

  11. Requirements of AYP • At least 95 percent of all students are tested for reading and mathematics; • At least 95 percent of all students meet the minimum annual target for meeting or exceeding standards for reading and mathematics, • At least 95 percent of all students meet the minimum annual target for attendance rate for elementary and middle schools or graduation rate for high schools.

  12. Controversy Over AYP • Schools are being forced to restructure according to national needs and not local needs • Certain schools with higher numbers of special needs kids are out an obvious disadvantage. http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_01/schoolDM0209_468x306.jpg http://blogs.southtownstar.com/money/pencils.jpg

  13. Social Security System • Social Security is federal insurance for the elderly, disabled and unemployed. • The money comes from a dedicated tax all American are supposed pay. • American can collect there Social Security at the age of 67 or if something else occurs such as an on the job injury. http://www.psychologytoday.com/files/u26/old%20couple-743330.jpg

  14. Growth of Baby Boomers • After World War II many men returned home and had a child or multiple children with there wives. • There was a huge spike in baby births in the 10 years following the war. • Those kids are now getting older and older. Some have begun to collect social security and when the rest begin to they could use up all or most of the money. http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/medtime/baby-boomer.jpg

  15. Birth Rates in the U.S. http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/155170/PEW-STUDY.jpg

  16. Bush’s Social Sercurity Reform 12 Reason Privatized Social Security is Bad • Bush wanted to privatize social security • His goals were not achieved though due to backlash from Americans. • http://www.socsec.org/publications.asp?pubid=503

  17. Stem Cell Research • Bush allowed federal funding for limited stem cell research. http://bccresearch.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/stem-cell-harvest.jpg

  18. War in Iraq • The military campaign began on March 20, 2003. • The U.S. claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. • There were no WMA’s but the invasion lead to a military occupation and the eventual capture and execution of dictator president Saddam Hussein

  19. War on Terrorism • This was a military campaign by the U.S. in response to the terrorist attacks on the September 11 • The main was purpose was to catch Islamic Radical and Al-Qaeda http://suranga.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/terrorist.jpg

  20. Approval Rating • After 9/11 the country rallied behind Bush and his approval rating soared to 90% • By the end of his last term he had a final approval rating of 22% http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/105/42/GEORGE_BUSH_NEWS.0.0.0x0.400x344.jpeg

  21. http://www.worldproutassembly.org/Bush-approval-rating2.jpg

  22. George Bush Quotes • "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.“ • "There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on --shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." • "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."

  23. Sources • Couric, Katie. "Bush's Final Approval Rating: 22 Percent." CBS Interactive 1-2. Web. 23 May 2010. <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/16/opinion/polls/main4728399.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody>. • Goff, Brian. History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals. Student. 1. United States: Teacher Curriculum Institute, 2008. 764-791. Print. • Owens, David. "Information on Stem Cell Research." National Institutes of Health 1-2. Web. 23 May 2010. <http://www.ninds.nih.gov/research/stem_cell/>.

  24. Sources(cont.) • Shah, Anup. "War on Terror." Global Issues n. pag. Web. 23 May 2010. <http://www.globalissues.org/issue/245/war-on-terror>. • White, Deborah. "Iraq War Facts, Results & Statistics at April 26, 2010." About (2010): n. pag. Web. 23 May 2010. <http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers

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