21st+Century+Culture

~The 21st Century~ The 21st Century Had many defining Moments. From 9/11 in 2001 to Barack Obama becoming the first African American president in 2008. Many people call it the "Decade of Doom" or the "Noughties". The decade was one that had man tradgeties but we had major advancements in Science and Technology.

September 11th 2001 ﻿September 11th is a day that the human race will always remember. One of the sadest days in history, nearly 3,000 families lost someone dear to them. Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, and Brothers died that day. Children who never got to hold their mother or father again. 4 planes were hi jacked that day by an Islamic group named Al queda. We soon learned that Osama Bin Laden was leader and we immeadiately started looking for him.They flew 2 of the 4 plans into the world trade center, known as theh twin towers.

Steroid Scandle In Sports, Rodger Clemens, who was a famous pitcher in the [|MLB] was told he had to make a court appearence do to having drugs (Steroids) in his system. Pretty soon it was discovered that many players had been abusing steroids to enhance their performance in the game. Not only in Baseball but in all kinds of sports. Olympic gold medalist in Track and Field, Marion Jones, lost all four of her gold medals because it was suspected and proved that she was taking steroids during the Olympics in 1975. It took us over 25 years to figure this out**.**  Technology, media type="youtube" key="x-9FaJPhFxQ" height="348" width="424" align="right" Ever since the beginning of the 21st century, technology has grown tramedously. In 2000, no one knew what Facebook was, kids werent using the internet to get answers to their homework, School projects were not to make a webpage. Not everyone had a cell phone ipod or HD television. The world has grown so much with the power of technology, and its only going to to get even bigger and better!

﻿﻿ Music of the 21st Century.

The music world has grown from latin rythms to

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