The Effect of 9/11

There have been many events in the course of history that had changed and shaped America to make it what it is today. The Revolutionary War freed us from Great Britain, with World War II there came the creation of the atomic bomb, and the Great Depression made banking regulations more strict. Point in being is that there have been many events that shaped the U.S.. I believe that one of the most significant events in U.S. History is 9/11, which largely influenced our society because it caused us to go to war with Afghanistan for 11 years, huge economy impacts, and the U.S. no longer feels invulnerable because of it. I have reason to think the biggest impact of 9/11 was that it caused the U.S. to go to war with Afghanistan for 11 years and the war is still going on. Because of this we have lost over 6,000 soldiers and still counting. There has been over 30,000 severely wounded soldiers. This also falls into economy impacts because the government needs to spend money to care for those soldiers. This also falls into economy impacts, the government has spent over one-trillion dollars just to support the war against Afghanistan. This is by far the worst impact of 9/11. One of the reasons why 9/11 was so pertinent and effective is because it made the U.S. no longer feel invulnerable. For this reason the travel security is much more restrictive. Before you used to be able to just walk onto the plane with food and drinks and you didn't have to go through so much security. Also to go along with security is that there is now a lot more rules. Since people now that the U.S. is not invulnerable there have been other attempts by the al-Qaeda to attack us. I believe this has shaped the U.S. greatly. Something that really upset the U.S. was the huge economy impacts. Because of 9/11 many people lost their jobs. About 119,000 people lost their jobs, many of them from the airline business. Something that upset the people was that there was a raise in gas prices. This goes with what was stated earlier, there was a increase in military, defense, and security. This caused the U.S. to increase its debt. None of these economy impacts as you can see were good. The 11 years of war, the U.S. no longer feeling invulnerable, and the huge economy impacts all deeply scarred the U.S.. It is always important to remember significant events from history. Knowing history helps prevent events of the past from reoccurring. 9/11 is an event of the past to remember.