POLITICAL CHANGES In 2000, Federal law introduced banning smoking on all flights by US airlines. On March 12, 2002, the Homeland Security.

2000’s Decade ProjectPresented by:

Courtney FisherMarisa Pisano

& Adrianna Olmedo

POLITICAL CHANGES In 2000, Federal law introduced banning smoking on all

flights by US airlines.

On March 12, 2002, the Homeland Security Advisory

System, was created .

On November 7, 2002, the Jobs for Veterans Act was

signed into law. But did not take effect until January 19,

2009.

POLITICAL CHANGES

The Cellular Phone Law was passed January 1,

2008

Text Messaging Law passed January 1, 2009.

D.C. law expands no-smoking area around

buildings on July 26, 2010.

Obama Health Care was passed in 2010.

DREAM ACT

Development, Relief, and Education for Alien

Minors, is an American legislative proposal first

introduced in the Senate on August 1, 2001.

HISTORICAL EVENTSTHE WAR ON TERRORISM

September 11, 2001 - Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijack four U.S.

airliners and crash them into the Pentagon and the World Trade

Center in New York City. The attack of two planes levels the World

Trade Center and the crash of one plane inflicts serious damage to the

Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing nearly 3,000 deaths. The

fourth plane is heroically crashed by passengers into a Shanksville,

Pennsylvania cornfield when they learn of the plot, preventing

destruction of another structure in Washington, D.C., supposed to be

the White House or the Capitol building. The plot is attributed to the

Al-Qaeda organization led by Osama Bin Laden.

HISTORICAL EVENTSNovember 8, 2002 - The United Nations passes Resolution 1441 in a

unanimous Security Council vote which tries to force Saddam Hussein and Iraq

to disarm or face serious consequences.

March 19, 2003-The War in Iraq begins with the bombing of Baghdad.

April 9, 2003 - The U.S. coalition seizes control of Baghdad in the Iraq conflict.

December 13, 2003 - Saddam Hussein, former leader of Iraq, is captured in a

small bunker in Tikrit by the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.

December 15, 2011- The war in Iraq ended. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon

Panetta officially declared the Iraq War over, at a flag lowering ceremony in

Baghdad.

WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

October 7, 2001 - In response to the tragedy of September 11, the United

States military, commence the first attack in the War on Terrorism on the

Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Right now, our U.S. soldiers are fighting along with Afghanistan soldiers

against Al-Qaeda. The government of Afghanistan was highly upset because

we did not get their permission to go after Osama. The doctor named

Shakil Afridi that helped the U.S. get Osama was imprisoned for 33 years.

Now our soldiers in Afghanistan have to be very careful because of

Afghanistan soldiers are turning against the American soldiers and killing

them.

Miley Cyrus

Bill Gates

Oprah

Hillary Clinton

Obama and Bush

Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg

2002 – Age of the Universe

2006 – Pluto demoted

2006 – Dark matter

2008 – Mars water

2012 – BP oil spill

Blackberry

iPhone 2007

iPad

Flip Camcorder

USB Flashdrive

DVR

Amazon Kindle 2007

GPS

Blu-Ray 2000

Wii 2006

3D HD T.V.

Youtube 2005

Texting

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