The 1990’sBy:

Jocelyn Ulmer

Amanda Homer

Dylan Richards

1990 Political:

August 6th: The Gulf War began between Iraq and nations allied with Kuwait. The USA sent troops in to help fight against Iraq.

1991 Economic:March 15th:

Oil Company Exxon announces to spend $1 Billion on the restoration of Alaska after the Exxon Valdez spill

Science/ Techonology: The World Wide Web was founded

1992 Political:

October 3rd: Singer/songwriter Sinead O’Connor protests an alleged case of child abuse by the Catholic Church, and rips a photo of Pope John Paul II on live television, causing widespread disorder and political unease

Literature: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Newbery Award Winner Audio books and books online became popular Oprah’s books club Amazon.com became big

1992 cont. Movies/ TV:

Aladdin The Crosby show ended in 1992

Science and Technology: Microsoft Windows 3.1 was created

1993 Economic:December 8th:

North American Free Trade Agreement signed into law by President Bill Clinton. NAFTA was a trade pact created to get rid of trade restrictions between the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

Movies/TV: Jurassic Park Cheers

1994 Political:June 12th: O.J. Simpson murders

Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman outside his home, which sparks a political case lasting years.

Science/ Technology: Started experimentation with the abortion

pill TV/Movies:

Friends became popular Dumb and Dumber The Lion King Forrest Gump

1995 Science/ Technology:

November 1st: Partial birth abortions are banned by a House of Representatives vote 288-139.

Yahoo and eBay is founded Arts:

Toy Story was a popular movie Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech was

popular April 2nd: Major League baseball 234 day

strike ends

1996 Economic

August 22: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act or PRWORA was enacted. It aimed to reduce welfare and, in doing so, reducing immigration. Welfare was believed by some senators to be causing an in increase in immigration.

Space Jam was the popular movie

1997 Political:

Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first Secretary of State with a unanimous vote

Science and Technology: Mad cow disease makes headlines after it is

transmitted to humans

1997 cont. Popular Movies/TV shows:

Married With Children The Titanic Men in Black A Bug’s Life

1998

Political: January 21: It was announced that President

Bill Clinton was having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.

The Ice Storm in Northern New England left many homes without electricity for days and some for weeks or months.

1998 cont. Popular TV shows:

That 70’s Show Will and Grace

Science/Technology: Construction started and later the first part

of the International Space Station was sent into space

1999 April 20,1999: 13 students and a teacher

were killed along with 21 students injured at Columbine High School in Colorado.

The 6 billionth person to populate the earth is born

Science and Technology: The Y2K scare: a software glitch that would

affect computer systems when the clock strikes midnight on New Years Eve. People thought this might be the end of the world

1999 cont.

Popular Movies/ TV shows: Toy Story 2 Armageddon Baywatch

Popular Artists of the 90’s Robert Venturi Annie Liebowitz: photographing

celebrities Bill Viola: Video Art Cindy Sherman: Feminist photography Maya Lin: Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Jacob Lawrence John Biggers Davdi Adickes Arlene Polite

Popular Music Artists

NSYNC The Backstreet Boys Britney Spears Spice Girls Ricky Martin Michael Jackson Whitney Houston Celine Dion LL Cool J Elton John Boys II Men

Vocab Chill- To hangout or be casual Whatever- the speaker doesn’t want to

waste time thinking about what someone else has said

Crib- one’s home/apartment “Been there, done that”- A person who

has already experienced something and doesn’t want to again

“Just Do It”- Used to express toughness/ determination in adversity

Important People

Kurt Cobain- Shot himself on April 5th, 1994. Known for his grungy clothes and Seattle Music, many people were upset because of his influence with his music

J.K. Rowling- Wrote the Harry Potter series which was initially rejected by several publishing houses, now many people love to read these books and brings a fantasy to the real world

Michael Jordan- Best Basketball player of all time, influenced many generations of basketball players, led leagues to lucrative endorsements

Sergey Brin & Larry Page- Co-founders of Google, the largest search engine used

Oprah Winfrey- Sponsors many charity events and her talk show brought self-help to the culture

Bill Gates- Founded Microsoft which shaped how Americans can use their computers

President Clinton- First democrat to be elected to two terms in the White House since FDR, and survived impeachment