How Did 9/11 Shaped American Society

Every day, millions of citizens trust their government to make decisions that will keep them safe, secure, and give them a feeling of wellbeing. To betray-unfaithful guarding, maintaining, fulfilling. To fail or abandon especially in a time of need. On September 11, 2001, the U.S. government betrayed its citizen by taking apart and allowing one of the worst attacks in history to occur in American soil. Over 2,900 people were killed. The September 11 attacks shaped American society it increased security in American airports, started a war in Iraq and Afghanistan which continued for more than 10 years, brought out racism and discrimination against Muslim and Islamic people, and showed American patriotism. The September 11 attacks composes of

Al-Qaeda is an international Islamist extremist terrorist network founded in the late 1980s by Osama bin Laden. Al Qaeda practiced an extreme version of the religion of Islam. The group is intensely opposed to the United States and other Western, democratic nations. They are especially against the military presence of these countries in Arab nations. Since the group’s creation by bin Laden in the late 1980s, Al Qaeda has helped coordinate and fund numerous bombings worldwide. Their aim had been to overthrow governments in the Middle East, and elsewhere in the Muslim world, which do not strictly enforce a religiously sanctioned political and social order. Attacks against the United States were intended to cut American support for many of these governments; U.S. support was viewed by al-Qaeda as a major obstacle to creating a global order under Islamic

government took many steps to try to make the country safer. It tightened security at airports and in public buildings. A new cabinet-level department—the Department of Homeland Security—was created. This protected the United States from terrorism. Americans tried to help the rescue effort in any way they could. Cities and towns sent firefighters and EMTs to Ground Zero (The ground where the twin towers collapsed). Lines to give blood at Red Cross offices and other blood banks were incredibly long–an entire day’s wait in Madison, Wisconsin. New and established charities raised money for the victims and rescue workers. It was possible to donate to the Red Cross with just one click on Amazon.com, and the organization raised $3 million that way in just two days. But for some Americans, their grief manifested itself as anger and frustration, and they looked for someone to blame for the attacks. And sadly, some anger erupted into attacks on people of Arab and Muslim descent, with nearly 600 incidents in the first 10 days after the attacks. Those perceived to be Arab or Muslim in the U.S., such as Sikhs and South Asians, became victims of a severe wave of backlash violence. The hate crimes included murder, beatings, arson, attacks on mosques, shootings, vehicular assaults and verbal threats. This violence was directed at people merely because they shared or were perceived as sharing the national background or religion of the hijackers and al-Qaeda members