Impact Of 9/11 On Domestic Policy

September 11th, 2001. A tragic day for Americans. The 9/11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by an Islamic terrorist group al Qaeda on the morning of Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. Americans became more weary about their security and defense as these attacks were a big ego breaker. Americans were happy and proud because they had just succeeded in the Vietnam War. But the attacks on 9/11 completely brought the country back to reality and affected not only Americans but everyone around the world. America’s response to 9/11 impacted our domestic policy by the United States economy collapsing & foreign policy by the President gaining the right to use all necessary and appropriate force against the nations or persons

This shows that domestic policy was impacted because it is the US economy that was impacted because of so much money being spent on the defense of the country. This has also impacted foreign policies because this reduced the amount of help the US could provide to other countries. Because of so much money being spent on the defense of the country, the US economy plummeted. According to the Pi graph published by the Watson Institute at Brown University, more than $2 billion was spent on the Department of Defense. The 9/11 attacks had a strong impact on domestic policy in the United States. In the aftermath of the attacks, the government created the Department of Homeland Security and passed the USA Patriot Act. The USA Patriot Act was put in place to prevent future terrorist attacks. These measures also significantly impacted citizens, and how they felt about their country. There are still ongoing concerns today about the role of the government in protecting its citizens from terrorism. Because of 9/11, the country became scared and embarrassed. As a result of this, according to the infographic from the Watson Institute, the US spent billions of dollars on protecting the country. More than 1 billion dollars were spent on Homeland Security, which shows that the security of the country and the people was the country’s priority after the terrorist attack of 9/11. These ideas collaborate because as of today, the 9/11 attacks still impact our country, and our economy because of the actions taken by the government to re-enforce the country's defense and