TIMELINE OF EVENTS

CHAPTER 29 REVIEW

1975 Microsoft formed
1976 Apple Computer Company formed
1980–1990s Immigration surges from Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South and East Asia
1991 World Wide Web created
1994 Contract with America announced; Republicans win control of Congress
1995 Dayton Peace Accords
1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act passed
Defense of Marriage Act passed
1998 President Clinton impeached
2000 Supreme Court rules in favor of George W. Bush in contested presidential election
2001 September 11 attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon
U.S. troops invade Afghanistan; Patriot Act passed
2002 No Child Left Behind Act passed
2003–2011 War in Iraq
2005 Hurricane Katrina
2008 Great Recession begins
Barack Obama elected president
Tea Party movement formed
2009 Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act passed
2011 Osama bin Laden killed
Occupy Wall Street movement formed
Black Lives Matter movement formed
2015 Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide
Obama pledges to take 10,000 Syrian refugees
Agreement signed by 195 nations to lower greenhouse gas emissions