Demographic Patterns - The patterns of population in a specific area including births, deaths, and migrations, Technological Innovation - Any change in the way humans perform tasks, which can improve worker productivity an change ways of life. Major innovations in the decades from 1990 to the present include the spread of wind power, improvements in computer technology and cell phones, and improvements in medicine, Hurricane Katrina - In the fall of 2005, this event caused great damage along the Gulf Coast. Damage was especially severe in New Orleans, much of which is below sea level and was protected by levees built to hold back high water. When the levees broke, water flooded much of the city, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - To combat the effects of the great Recession that began in 2007, Congressed passed this Act in 2009. The law was meant to simulate the economy and put people back to work., Persian Gulf War - After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United States assembled a coalition of countries. When Iraq refused to withdraw its troops, these nations launched this event, which forced Iraqis out of Kuwait in just a few weeks of fighting,

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