Identify 2 nd Industrial Revolution Identify Salutary Neglect
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Identify: 2 nd Industrial Revolution
Identify Salutary Neglect
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The 1990’s!
1988 George HW Bush “Read my lips, no new taxes” New taxes
1989 -1991 Berlin Wall taken down
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1990 Iraq (Saddam Hussein) invades Kuwait
1991: First Persian Gulf War/Desert Storm February 23 -28 th: ground operations Iraq agrees to cease-fire
1991: Internet goes public! http: //www. evolutionoftheweb. com/
December 25, 1991 Soviet Union falls Gorbachev resigned Commonwealth of Independent States, a weak confederation of former Soviet republics Boris Yeltsin
Election of 1992 Sherri Hill Clinton (D) Herb Bush (R)
Social Stuff
Clinton Wins Attorney General: Janet Reno Sec of Health and Human Services: Donna Shalala Supreme Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Welfare Reform Bill Congress Cuts to welfare
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) September 21, 1996 Affirms the right of states to not recognize gay marriages from another state Violated the 5 th Amendment Struck down by SCOTUS in 2013
Violence
February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombed (6 killed)
April 19, 1993: Waco Branch Davidians/David Koresh Siege 82 people killed
April 19, 1995 Timothy Mc. Veigh bombs federal building in OKC, 169 people killed
Economics
North American Fair Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Free trade b/w US, Mexico, and Canada No tariffs
World Trade Organization Promoted trade among member nations
Foreign Policy
Who do we hate if not communists?
Foreign policy Sent troops to Somalia Criticized China for human rights abuses but knew we needed to trade w/ them Committed American troops to NATO missions in Yugoslavia Reconciliation meeting b/w Israel and Palestine’s leaders
Scandal/Impeachment
Whitewater Real estate controversy involving the Clintons While being questioned, Clinton lied under oath
Impeachment House of Reps impeach Clinton for: Obstruction of justice Perjury
Senate doesn’t remove from offic
Clinton’s legacy: Prospering economy Worldwide trading