The authorization given to some government agencies to indefinite detentions to immigrants, search home or businesses without the owner´s knowledge, and the permission to the FBI to search telephone, e-mail, and financial records.
Explanation:
The Act was signed into law by President Goerge W. Bush in October of 2001 as a response to the September 11 attacks. The Act strengthen national security.
Around this time the economy in the US became very industrial because of the fall of agriculture since a lot of farmers moved north to work in factories