GLOBALIZATION AND CONFLICT
1. 1989
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
2. 1991
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
3. 1993
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
4. 1994
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
5. 1998- 2000
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
6. 2001
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
7. 2003
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
8. 2008
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
9. 2009
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
10. 2010
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established
11. 2011
-------- United States bombs Iraq North American Free Trade Agreement United States attacks Iraq United States ends combat operations in Iraq, increases troops in Afghanistan; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Terrorists attack World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S.–led coalition drives Taliban government out of Afghanistan Communism collapses in Eastern Europe Worst financial crisis since the Great Depression Osama bin Laden killed Persian Gulf War American Recovery and Reinvestment Act World Trade Organization established