Politics
He became the first African American president.
Who is Barack Obama?
This inventor launched Facebook in 2004.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
This famous football player won his first Super Bowl in 2002.
Who is Tom Brady?
This terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was led by the terrorist organization, Al Qaeda.
What is 9-11/The September 11th Attacks?
This famous series of movies based of of the books began in 2001.
What is Harry Potter?
The first president of the twenty first century.
Who is George W. Bush.
This technological invention shaped communication and the use of the internet in the 2000's.
What is the iPhone?
Scandals with athletes such as baseball player Jose Canseco stemmed from them getting caught taking these.
What are steroids?
This category 3 sparked negative opinions on government assistance and their plan of action to save the victims.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This genre of music became very popular through artists such as Jay-Z and Beyonce.
What is R&B?
This department was established in 2002 to prevent further terrorist attacks like 9/11.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This search engine launched in 2004.
What is Google?
This famous basketball legend joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003.
Who is LeBron James?
The terrorist organization Al Qaeda was led by this Saudi Arabian, who was later captured and executed in 2011 by the United States Special Forces.
Who was Osama Bin Laden?
This nineties sitcom finally ended after ten years in 2004.
What is Friends?
This was Congress' address on the issues of illegal immigration and worked to improve the security of boarder control.
What was the Immigration Reform?
With the advancements in technology, this phrase refers to the large population of Baby Boomers that sparked concern with the ideas of technologically advanced security and healthcare for this demographic.
What is the "Graying of America"?
This Olympic swimmer won six gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics, setting the stage for a career full of victories and making a name for himself.
Who is Michael Phelps?
This was a U.S. invasion on Iraq to remove their government's "weapons of mass destruction program" in 2003.
What was the Iraq War?
This reality TV show aired for the first time in 2000, setting the stage for the genre to gain major popularity.
What is "Survivor"?
This movement, starting in New York City in 2011, fought against economic power within large corporations.
What was "Occupy Wall Street"?
This is the downfall of companies that utilized internet to succeed, which caused a massive stock market deflation and forced many to resort to solutions not involving technology.
What was the Dot-Com Bubble Burst?
Diana Taurasi led this college women's basketball team through a streak of wins in 2002 and 2003.
Who are the UConn (University of Connecticut) Huskies?
The crash of this Space Shuttle devastated America after killing seven astronauts.
What was the Columbia Space Shuttle?
This game console was the best selling console in 2000, making video games a lot more modern and popular.
What is the PS2?