1. 2000s

2. Timeline
U.S. History – Unit 8

3. 2006
In January, President Bush announces he will send a "surge" of 20,000 more troops to Iraq in addition to the 130,000 already there. In Iraq, violence between different sects increases.
The UN estimates that more than 34,000 Iraqi civilians are killed as a result of the fighting. There were also 300 U.S. soldiers killed in 2006.
By the end of 2009 the total is up over 4,000.
In November, Saddam Hussein is found guilty of crimes against humanity. He is hanged at the end of the year.

4. 2007
Apple Computer releases the "iPhone.” In just over two months, 1 million iPhones are sold.
The bridge on Interstate 35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota collapses at 6:05 p.m. during rush hour, killing 13 people.
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**Recession begins 
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5. 2008
Obama becomes the first African-American President in U.S. history.
Violence in Afghanistan is on the rise with the resurgence of the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
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6. 2008 Housing Bubble bursts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFIKx-hWlZw
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7. 2008
The California State Supreme Court strikes down the state's ban on same-sex marriages as unconstitutional and the state becomes the second to allow gay marriage (after Massachusetts).
However, in November voters pass a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriages (Prop 8).

8. 2009 Sonia Sotomayor becomes first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice.
Michael Jackson dies.
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9. 2009 U.S. snipers kill Somali pirates and rescue Captain Philips.
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Insurance giant, AIG reports $62 billion in losses, U.S. government gives $30 billion bailout.
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10. Top 10 in the 2000s in America