Introduction

=Changes at Home= In the last few years of Bush's term, the focus was mainly on the "War on Terror" and unrest abroad. But with all the focus on foreign policy, away from what was actually going on in the country, America began to become drastically reshaped from the inside. First there was major advances in technology, which brought on new information about the environment and created a "Green" movement. Then a major scandal occured in the 2004 election, which resulted in Bush's second term. Then another recession hit, one of the worst since the Great Depression, and everything culminated in the election of 2008 when all these issues were major concerns for the American people. People had to adapt and evolve to cope with all that was happening. Major changes were taking place inside the country that would (and continue to) affect peoples and generations for years to come.