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Ecopocalypse
The end of the world is coming! Well, maybe not, but many people believe that they know the exact date and time based off of the relationships among the nations. -
Same Sex Marriage Legalized in Vermont
Vermont is the first state to legalize same sex marriage, and in 2015 same sex marriage is legalized in all of the states of the USA. -
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Steroids and Sports
This is the first decade where steroids were used to enhance an athlete's abilities. -
Myspace Created
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Wikipedia Created
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9/11
The bombing of the world trade center, or the Twin Towers. Any Muslim seen by Americans are now automatically feared. -
Enron Scandal
Enron successfully hides billions dollars of debt from failed deals and projects, but is eventually found out. They had to file for bankruptcy, and with $63.4 billion in assets, they were the largest corporation to file for bankruptcy. -
Patriot Act
The PATRIOT act, which is an acronym for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001". -
Human Genome project
pdf The Human Genome Project (HGP) was a world-wide scientific research project. The purpose was to determine the sequence of nucleotide base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional standpoint. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genome_Project -
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Iraq War
Americans and other countries were afraid that Iraqis had Weapons of Mass Destruction. Though none were found, the war still very much happened as 151,000-600,000 Iraqis were killed in this conflict. -
Facebook Created
Facebook was created and opened up communicating long-distance easy. -
Youtube Created
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Hurricane Katrina
A nine day hurricane (August 23-31) demolishes the gulf coast of the United States and on. -
Twitter Created
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Election of Barack Obama
The first African American president is elected into presidency.
