The Patriot Act was not needed by the government and was overblown and misused more often than not.
Explanation:
The Patriot Act out of many unconstitutional things it does, violates the fourth amendment which protects the people against unwarranted searching without any proper reason.
The law that was passed in the aftermath of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center came as US wanted to increase home security and wanted to crack down on terrorists.
However, this law made itself a safeguard of Xenophobia.
many people were taken into custody and prisoners by the look of their skin and often persecuted for a long time before being set free.
They got all sorts of goods and resources from the colonies because at that period of time, they gave all of their manufactured goods to the "Mother Country" (Britain).
With the financing, transportation, equipment, food, and men in place, the United States was ready to enter the war. The next piece the country needed was public support.