US history By torrealdea Period: Mar 10, 2000 to Oct 25, 2002 Dot-com collapse Period: Dec 24, 2000 to Dec 25, 2006 US housing bubble Jan 20, 2001 George W.Bush becomes 43rd President of the USA Sep 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda attacks on the US Oct 24, 2001 Afghanistan War since October 7, 2001 Mar 24, 2003 Iraq War since March 20, 2003 Dec 24, 2006 United States housing collapse since 2006 Period: Dec 24, 2007 to Dec 25, 2008 Financial crisis of 2007-08 Jan 24, 2009 Barack Obama becomes 44th Prsesident of the US Dec 24, 2009 Tea Party movement begins in 2009 Dec 24, 2011 Osama bin Laden,mastermind of the 9/11 is killed in Pakistan Dec 24, 2011 The Iraq War is formally over