How did the terrorist attack on 9/11 affect the United States?

1. travel

1.1. Travel to the United States after 9/11 decreased for three years after the attacks

2. more violence

2.1. 28 hate crimes committed in 2000 were found to be anti-Islamic. In 2001, that number jumped to 481, and it remained above 100 in subsequent years.

3. stress

3.1. 44 percent of a nationally representative sample of adults reported that they had had at least one of five substantial stress symptoms since the attacks

4. economy

4.1. the attack increased taxes by 8%

5. brought US&other countries together

5.1. After the attacks of September 11, countries allied with the United States rallied to its support. The French newspaper Le Monde’s headline, “We are all Americans now.”

6. schools

6.1. "Her father is bin Laden! She's going to blow up the school! Everybody run, this jihad girl is going to kill us!”

7. airports

7.1. way more security and you have to get to the airport an hour early so can get through all the security check stuff

8. ongoing wars

8.1. Our military involvement in Afghanistan turned into the longest-running war in U.S. history. And although formal U.S. combat operations ended in late 2014, the U.S. military remains deeply entrenched there

9. patriot act was established

9.1. Less than two months after 9/11, President George W. Bush signed the Patriot Act, which was extended in 2011 by President Barack Obama.