Remembering 9/11/01

The U.S. economy received an immediate boost.

Transportation security became less strict.

The U.S. invaded Afghanistan.

Congress issued a declaration of war against Saudi Arabia

It is borrowed and then returned

It is set on fire

it is won by election

it is forcefully taken over

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2

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Both attacks were on American soil and caused public outrage

Both attacks were on foreign soil and caused public outrage

Both attacks involved hijacked planes, which destroyed buildings and lives

Both attacks were directed against military targets, not civilian targets

White House

Pentagon

Capitol

The passengers tried to take control of the plane from the hijackers

The hijackers planned to crash the plane in a field

The plane suffered from a mechanical failure

The hijackers did not know how to properly fly the plane

to hitch a boat to a dock

to provide protection

to detain or imprison

to declare war on

Regimented army

Allied state

Criminal terrorist network

Fascist dictatorship

Saddam Hussein

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad

Yasser Arafat

Osama bin Laden

Nonviolent

Conservative

Radical; extreme

Moderate

about 8,000

about 3,000

about 2,00

about 500