#### [[notes_2000's General Notes ]] **Creator**:: [[Aaron Bopp]] **Source**:: [[course_US History from 1870]] - [[notes_1990's General Notes]] - [[W Bush]] - Election of 2000 - Closest election in history - Secretary of State of Florida declared Bush winner then ordered full state hand recount - Jeb Bush was governor of Florida - Supreme Court ruled with Bush and stopped recount - Bush ran as compassionate conservative - [[Domestic Policy]] - Compassionate conservatism - traditional conservative ideas + social goals - faith based and [[community]] initiatives - qualms over separation of church and state - stem cell debate - education reform - 100% literacy or school got cut funding - controversial and repealed in 2015 - tax cuts - no spending cuts + large tax cuts for the rich - decreased government revenue by four trillion - increased [[Wealth Inequality]] - increased deficits - ownership society - fought against medicare and for free market-healthcare - believed market choice would drive down prices - hurricane katrina - [[America|americans]] very critical of Bush's response - Great Recession (2008) - emergency economic stabilization act - Foreign Policy - 9/11 erased any qualms over Bush's legitimacy and skyrocketed his approval rating - War on Terror - Operation Enduring Freedom - use of special forces - air campaign to destroy al-queda - creation of free nation of afghanistan - failed, troops are still in afghanistan - Bush Doctrine - war exists until all groups are destroyed - striking first - unilateral action (acting alone) - spread democracy - Operation Iraqi Freedom - no evidence of weapons of mass destruction - UN gave support - ordered Hussein to leave Iraq - invasion was successful but Iraq fell into chaos - increased troops in 2007 - Anti-war sentiment lead to democrats taking both houses in 2006 - [[Patriot Act]] - Justified domestic surveillance and torture to root out terrorism - Congress approved use of violence against anyone who was involved in 9/11 - Allowed NSA to monitor for terrorist communication without any warrants - invaded privacy of American citizens - [[War crimes]] - Used US bases on foreign soil to skirt US laws - Called terrorists unlawful combatants to avoid Geneva Conventions - Used water-boarding and sleep deprivation as torture-interrogation tactics - Obama - Election of 2008 - Obama was unknown but charismatic - Domestic Policy - Financial crisis and Recovery - 800 billion program - unemployment dropped - health care reform - [[Obama]] insisted on budget neutral reform - legislation - equal pay for [[women]] - dodd-frank act - addressed issues that caused 2008 - Election of 2010 - [[Republican]] retook both houses - both parties stopped pursuing legislative goals - [[Foreign Policy]] - Declared that he would end the wars - ended [[Iraq]] [[war]] - growth of isis - drone warfare