The No Child Left Behind Act - 1520 Words

Introduction â€Å"We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail,† is a quote said by former president, George W. Bush, in his address to a joint session of Congress after the September eleventh attacks. The beginning of the twenty-first century marked a start of a revolution. A revolution of social change and global peace. The 2000’s is a decade of advanced technology, new and improved adjustments, and a decade of remembrance. U.S. Political Events The 2000’s brought many changes through different political events to help shape the country and keep it safe. For instance, in 2001, the Patriot Act was signed by Congress by George W. Bush to give the United States Department of Justice the permission to surveil devices that may†¦show more content†¦There were four passenger airliners that included nineteen terrorists (Catastrophic Events in the 2000s 11). American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the north and south tower of the World Trade Center while, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field in Pennsylvania (Catastrophic Events in the 2000s 11). In 2003, there was an enormous power outage on the Northeastern and Midwestern parts of the United States that affected forty-five million Americans (Catastrophic Events in the 2000s 15). On the early morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States with one hundred and forty mile per hour winds (Catastrophic Events in the 2000s 26). There were one hundred billion dollars in damages and approximately two thousand deaths (Catastrophic Events in the 2000s 26). Operation Red Dawn was a mission that took place in ad-Dawr, Iraq to capture Saddam Hussein (Catastrophic Events in the 2000s 21). He was captured in a spider-hole without resisting on 13 December 2003(Catastrophic Events in the 2000s 21). Invention, Discovery, and Technological Systems The 2000’s was a decade of remarkable advances. Embryonic Stem Cells have the ability to turn into any type of cell and multiply and have the potential to cure Alzheimer s disease,