Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Soil Throughout History - The death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan was an end to a nearly 10-year manhunt by the United States government to bring the mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to justice. The worst terrorist attack in our nation's history now has some measure of closure.
Terrorism was first used to describe the French Revolution as Jacobite rebels targeted civilians for death instead of government officials loyal to the French crown. Since then, terrorism has been used to make political gains by killing innocent victims.
Terrorist attacks are nothing new to the United States as civilians have been killed on this continent going back to the first English settlers in Jamestown.
Powhatan Uprising, 1622
The colony at Jamestown, Va., had been in existence only 15 years when it suffered a brutal attack at the hands of the local Powhatan tribe. Nearly 30 percent of the population was murdered, including 35 women and 30 children March 22, 1622. Many buildings were also destroyed as the attack shattered the fragile colony as it attempted to expand outward. It was a brutal reaction to the horrible way Native Americans were treated by the first English colonists.
Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1877
In an effort to preserve slavery in the southern United States after the American Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan instituted a reign of terror over newly freed African Americans. The Ku Klux Klan was most active from 1866 to 1869 in the Reconstruction period in the south. Cross burnings and lynchings of newly freed slaves were products of rural areas facing harsh economic strife. Although some elements of the hate group are still around, their prominent role in society has been greatly diminished.
Wall Street Bombing, 1920
An unknown individual drove a horse-drawn wagon to about 100 feet within the corner of Wall and Broad Streets in New York City Sept. 16, 1920. At noon, the driver suddenly fled the wagon moments before hundreds of tons of explosives detonated. Despite the crowded day and several witnesses, the perpetrator was never caught. Joseph Kennedy, then a younger man before he had his famous children, was knocked to the ground from the blast. Awnings 12 floors in the air caught fire. In all, 39 people were killed.
Olympic Park Bombing, 1996
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta in 1996 was the event that everyone remembers about the Summer Olympic Games in the United States. Initially, the FBI investigated security guard Richard Jewell as the man who planted a pipe bomb July 27, 1996, but they didn't have enough evidence to charge him. Two years and four bombings in the Atlanta area later, Eric Rudolph was charged with the crime but not found until 2003 in rural North Carolina. Rudolph confessed after being captured. ( yahoo.com )
Terrorism was first used to describe the French Revolution as Jacobite rebels targeted civilians for death instead of government officials loyal to the French crown. Since then, terrorism has been used to make political gains by killing innocent victims.
Terrorist attacks are nothing new to the United States as civilians have been killed on this continent going back to the first English settlers in Jamestown.
Powhatan Uprising, 1622
The colony at Jamestown, Va., had been in existence only 15 years when it suffered a brutal attack at the hands of the local Powhatan tribe. Nearly 30 percent of the population was murdered, including 35 women and 30 children March 22, 1622. Many buildings were also destroyed as the attack shattered the fragile colony as it attempted to expand outward. It was a brutal reaction to the horrible way Native Americans were treated by the first English colonists.
Ku Klux Klan, 1865-1877
In an effort to preserve slavery in the southern United States after the American Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan instituted a reign of terror over newly freed African Americans. The Ku Klux Klan was most active from 1866 to 1869 in the Reconstruction period in the south. Cross burnings and lynchings of newly freed slaves were products of rural areas facing harsh economic strife. Although some elements of the hate group are still around, their prominent role in society has been greatly diminished.
Wall Street Bombing, 1920
An unknown individual drove a horse-drawn wagon to about 100 feet within the corner of Wall and Broad Streets in New York City Sept. 16, 1920. At noon, the driver suddenly fled the wagon moments before hundreds of tons of explosives detonated. Despite the crowded day and several witnesses, the perpetrator was never caught. Joseph Kennedy, then a younger man before he had his famous children, was knocked to the ground from the blast. Awnings 12 floors in the air caught fire. In all, 39 people were killed.
Olympic Park Bombing, 1996
The Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta in 1996 was the event that everyone remembers about the Summer Olympic Games in the United States. Initially, the FBI investigated security guard Richard Jewell as the man who planted a pipe bomb July 27, 1996, but they didn't have enough evidence to charge him. Two years and four bombings in the Atlanta area later, Eric Rudolph was charged with the crime but not found until 2003 in rural North Carolina. Rudolph confessed after being captured. ( yahoo.com )
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