The early 2000’s recession was a short lived recession. Even though it was predicted by economists for years, the contraction in the economy was inevitable. One of the most glaring causes of the recession was the collapse of the dot-com bubble. This dot-com bubble was coined as a Tech bubble (Admin). The dot-com bubble was marked by the founding and failure of a group of new internet based companies which referred to as the “dot-coms”. As this new money making wave of the internet swept across the
The presidential election in 2000 was between George W. Bush and Al Gore Jr. When Gore lost to Bush in Florida he demanded a hand count. The state of Florida discounted 175,000 ballots that were cast “improperly.” Those ballots mostly came from African- American districts. After Gore discovered that some ballots “were disqualified for ‘over votes,’ selecting too many candidates, while others had incomplete punches,” (108), he went to the Florida State Supreme Court to review the “undercounted” ballots
The United States worldwide Presidential Election was on November 7, 2000 with the contestants George W. Bush and Al Gore. Both candidates were very popular to the world but it seemed that Al Gore was much more popular in a different way. In the election, Al Gore received 50,998,442 votes while Bush was behind him with 50,449,494 votes. That is about 548,948 less than Gore had. There were many undervotes in majority of the states with this election and more than one hundred million people voted out
In the year 2000, early in the year before the election, the United States was thriving in every aspect of government. Its economy purring, its world leadership role unchallenged, and its two-century-old democratic experiment still vigorous. Incidence of crime, welfare dependency, and joblessness were down, and the stock market was soaring. The two candidates that survived the primary election and were up for the challenge of keeping the United States running this way was Republican nominee George
2000, the decade with some of the biggest trends some people don't remember anymore. From new music genres to some new pair of shoes everyone wanted and even a game that had kids going crazy for anime characters. 2000 a lot of trends people have forgotten over time, like Pokemon battling, Heelys and Silly Bands. Pokemon was one of the biggest fads in the 2000s decade. According to “Den of Geek” , a website about video games and comics, Pokemon was a fad of the 90’s. They also stated that Pokemon
The United States Presidential election that took place in the year 2000 was between George Bush and Al Gore. The vote was very close and it ended up all coming down to Florida. Once the votes were counted and it was revealed that Bush had won, Gore wanted a recount of the votes. The matter was taken to the Florida supreme court and Gore ended up winning the case. So a manual recount was started. Bush decided to take the case to the Federal Supreme Court. Bush argued that the recount that was
The Presidential Election of 2000 is easily one of the most controversial elections in United States History. The two major candidates were Al Gore, and George W. Bush. Al Gore was the Democratic nominee from the District of Columbia. From 1993-2001, Al Gore was the Vice President under the 42nd president, Bill Clinton. George W. Bush was the Governor of Texas from 1995-2000. This election was controversial because of the state of Florida counting mixup, and the electoral college system America uses
period between 1950-2000 was a time of significant change in the United States economy, largely due to the impact of scientific and technological innovation. During this time period, the United States experienced a number of technological advances that revolutionized the way that businesses operated and people lived their lives. This essay will evaluate the extent to which scientific and technological innovation changed the United States economy in the time period between 1950-2000. One of the most
out of the classroom. Sadly from the late 90s into the early 2000’s the world started to see a lot more hurt. These ranged anywhere from school shooting, a major increase in school bullying and probably the most know event, September 11th attacks. This is when school counselors really started to focus on the students outside of the classroom and making sure they were just as okay emotionally as they were educationally. By the mid 2000s most schools had something known as a crisis team and the campaign
Is Homework Helpful or Harmful? Is Homework Helpful or Harmful? This is the question that many parents and students ask themselves every day. Many students complain about the amount of homework that are given to them. As many children as eleven year old Stevie Naeyaert in the research done by Alexa Stevenson,children suggest they don’t have enough socialization time.Have you ever been frustrated with homework,and not having enough socialization time? Many students believe too much homework blocks
After the 1929 Great Depression, the banking industry was tightly controlled. The U.S financial sector was stable in the next 50 years. The financial sector in the late 1990s was consolidated into a few giant global company, they are so large that their failure could threaten the entire economic system. The deregulation and technological advances in the late 90s has led to the explosive growth of complex financial products which is known as derivatives. In 1998, Citicorp merged to travelers to create
“Among other roles, she became the president of the Elizabeth Fry Society - an organisation committed to providing a support system for newly released women prisoners. 61 In 1971, she was appointed the original executive director of the Committee for an Independent Canada. Much of her pre-legislative career, therefore, was spent as an official in the national office of the Progressive Conservative Party. According to Kornberg, stalwarts perform ‘memory, intelligence and communications functions on
The 2000s was a very important decade for fashion in the United States. The way fashion was promoted and advertised into people’s lives would be changed. These changes would be brought thanks to the introduction of today’s big name social media brands, the evolution of the smartphone, and the advancement of computers. Fashion would have many more means of growing thanks to these social networks. That is where the introduction of smartphones will play it’s part along with social media to revolutionize
In the period of thirty years between 1970 and 2000 immigration and immigrants in the United States has changed drastically. Their origin countries have changed, their are more in the US and dejectedly poverty rates have risen as well. Global events as well as new US immigration laws/amendments have impacted the fundamental changes in immigration. Although not all the shifts in immigration have been positive, undoubtedly in a period of thirty years there are noticeable differences. Due to events
of these sound familiar? The first characteristics belong to the Silent Majority, which is the generation that lived in the 1920s. The other ones pertain to the Millennials, this generation consists of people born in the late 1980s all the way to 2000s. Two different generations that even though they seem very different, they can be similar in some aspects and some of the main themes that compare both times are transportation, media and entertainment. How is transportation compared in both times
and lost the popular vote, and one of those times was in 2000. Florida was the deciding factor at the end of the election night, but it didn’t end at election night. The next president was not decided for another couple weeks and the case went to Supreme Court. Bush ended up winning and changing many economic and educational aspects of our country and this election also changed the way voting was being conducted in some counties. The 2000 election was similar to the 1960 election by how close it
change worldwide. It allowed for easier communication, a better understanding of other cultures, and the exchange of goods and ideas, among other advantages. More specifically, however, globalization changed the US economy in several ways. From 1945 to 2000, globalization caused both economic expansion and depression due to varying factors. At first, globalization brought countries together and allowed them to communicate and exchange ideas. This allowed countries to specialize in different areas and
Arson Investigations According to the Armstrong Forensic Laboratory, the number of civilians killed in arson building fires totaled 150 in 2013, which is considered down 16.7 percent from 2012 (Forensics, A). This statistic shows a directed correlation between the deaths and arson crimes that take place each year. On the television program, Forensic Files, the show depicts a crime that was committed and tells the story line based on the events in the crime that happened. On season 1, episode 9, “Whodunit”
Hanging Chad, undervotes, overvotes, Supreme Court, State Court. Words that all describe the 2000 election for President of the United States. The election between candidate Al Gore and George Bush came down to Florida. The results were not determined overnight. It took 36 days for Al Gore to concede the election results. It all started with the voters’ ballots were made out of paper. Voters used a pin like instrument to poke a perforated portion of the ballot. In total, there were approximately
Farming during 2000 to Present In the 21st century the agricultural sector focused on specialized farms in the rural areas where less than a fourth of the population lives. The farms are productive and higher technological equipment which leads to a smaller number of workers needed to work on the farm. Approximately 1.9 percent of the workforce is in agriculture (The 20th Century Transformation of U.S. Agriculture and Farm Policy, 2005). Average size of a farm is 441 acres. 98 percent of farms