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The 90’s By: Michelle Eydelman, Rachel
D’Amico, Mariella Lopez, Cyrena Smith,
Anali Delaney
Politics
Clinton (1993-2001); 42 president
Election of ’92- won against Bush
Election of ’96- won against Dole
Impeachment- perjury with Paula Jones
Passed Acts
27th Amendment- prevent salary increases for federal legislators
Prohibits discrimination of people with disabilities, ADA passed in 1990.
Hate Crime Act- protects victims of bias crimes
People
Madeline Albright- First female U.S. Secretary of State
Clarence Thomas- Second African American to serve on the Court after Thurgood Marshall, whom he succeeded
David Dinkins- First African American to be mayor of N.Y.C.
Foreign Affairs
Gulf War- Iraq invaded Kuwait for oil. Intervened and removed Saddam Hussein (Operation desert Storm)
Rwanda Conflict- Hutu vs. Tutsi. When Hutu rose to power, murdered 800,000 Tutsi (mass genocide)
Elian Gonzalez- Tried to escape Castro/government by immigrating to Florida
Economics
Jobs/Average Salaries- between 30,000- 40,000
Collapse of the Soviet Union- lose the arms race and international competition with the West
German Reunification- East and West combined currencies
Religion
Catholicism rose while Protestantism declined
Matthew Sheppard- Homosexual college student brutally beaten; Westboro Baptist Church believed divine retribution killed Sheppard for his sin
Decline in many religions due to astrological beliefs
SocialJurassic Park
Saving Private Ryan
GoodFellas
Titanic
Shawshank Redemption
Toy Story
Scream
SocialThe Lion King
Beauty and the Beast
Apollo 13
Edward Scissorhands
Jerry Maguire
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Ebonics
Television ShowsRocko’s Modern Life
Home Improvement
7th Heaven
Full House
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Saved by the Bell
Friends
Television ShowsSeinfeld
All That
Keenan and Kel
GUTS!
Figure it Out
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Doug
Television ShowsRugrats
Hey Arnold!
Aaahh! Real Monsters
Pinky and the Brain
Boy Meets World
South Park
Double Dare
MusicAttack of the Boy Bands
Backstreet Boys
N’Sync
Hanson
Spice Girls
Nirvana
Blink 182
Music
Sublime
No Doubt
Aerosmith
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Green Day
Matchbox 20
Ricky Martin
MusicTLC
Destiny’s Child
Janet Jackson
Aaliyah
Mariah Carey
Boyz II Men
Notorious BIG
Intellectual
Dolly- first mammal to be cloned (sheep)
Stem-Cell Research- cells taken from embryo to put into adults
Dr. Mae C. Jemison- first African American physician and NASA astronaunt
John Glenn/Discovery- first American and third person to orbit the Earth on Space Shuttle Discovery
Artistic
Woodstock ’99- second large-scale music festival; over 200,000 attended
Harry Potter- written in 1997, by J.K. Rowling. First named “... and the Philosopher’s Stone” then later renamed
Tragedies and Scares
Waco, Texas- David Koresh/Branch Davidians responsible for the death of 74 people who died in the inferno
Oklahoma City Bombing- attack motivated by government
TWA Flight 800- 11 minutes into the flight- plane explodes without warning
Columbine- Two high school seniors were involved in a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher
Y2K Bug- potential problem in computers beginning in ’00
Rodney King- brutally beaten by police
World Trade Center Bombed- failed to knock down both towers
Tragedies and Scares Cont.
Mad Cow Disease- disease affecting meat- tainted from disease
Princess Diana- killed in a car crash; thought to be conspiracy
The “Black Hole”- thought Earth would be sucked into dark hole
Selena- manager shot her after argument
Unabomber- started bombing campaign- mailbox bombs
Kennedy Deaths- Plane crashed in Martha’s Vineyard into Atlantic Ocean
El Nino- changes in oceanic temperature and atmosphere circulation
Hate Crimes Law
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Hate_crime_laws_in_the_United_States
Household Income
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States
Clinton’s Approval Rating
https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=df1e9268d2&view=att&th=1291417bc369ace9&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw
Highest Grossing Movies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films
Links
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