Z15-1990s


 * 1990s PRESENTATIONS **
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 * Explain YOUR cultural topic(s) and how/why they are significant to the decade
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= = ANSWER: Causes- President Bush was determined to reassurt Unites States leadership in world afairs. Suddam Hussein then invaded Kuwait, who was a major oil producer, accusing them of intentionally depressing the world oil prices. The UN condemns the actions and places economic sanctions and a deadline to withdraw. The Iraqi forces do not withdraw and bombing raids begin. Course- The US had many bombing raids of major industrial cities and Iraqi forces. This was the first time the US had used smart wepons in a military offensive and found that the new bombs demoralized the Iraqi's. The precision of the wepons were made for complete damage of the target and little to not collateral damage. Once the ground invasion began, the offensive only took 100 hours for the Iraqi forces to retreat and the war to be over. Only 150 American's were killed, as to almost 100,000 Iraqi forces. Severely damaged many big cities in Iraq including Baghdad Consequences- This was the second war people in the United States got to see for themselves because live coverage of air assaults were broadcasted on television. The people did not have such a severe reaction as to the Vietnam war; there was much more support for the campaign. The war caused major Foreign Policy tensions with Iraq and other middle eastern countries, leading up to the cause of 9/11 and the second war with Iraq.
 * 1990s ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS: **
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 * 1) Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991.

2. One direct result of the Persian Gulf War was that the United States A. gained control of oil resources in the Middle East -Iraqu invaded Kuwait and the UN placed sanctions on them. Once Iraqu passed the deadline to pull out of Kuwait, The US and other coiuntries main mission was to liberate Kuwait. C. brought about peaceful relations between Israel and its neighbors D. obtained overseas colonies in the Middle East
 * B. liberated Kuwait from Iraqi control **

3. Explain the impact that social and cultural issues had during the 1992 presidential election and during President Clinton’s first term. ANSWER: A little less than half of America's population (43.0%) had voted for Bill Clinton in the presidential election of 199., while 37.5% voted for George Bush and 18.9% wanted Ross Perot. About half of American wanted a Democratic president, but the votes were not completely widespread. Bush and Clinton had a fairly close run. 4. What was the Contract with America? How did the Contract with America reflect the ideals of Republican congressional candidates in 1994? ANSWER:

5. Explain why and how President Clinton compromised with congressional Republicans after 1994. ANSWER:

6. How was President Clinton able to lower the budget deficit during his first term? ANSWER: In 1993 President Clinton and Vice President Gore set up an economic strategy: 1) Establish fiscal discipline, eliminate the budget deficit, keep interest rates low, and spurring private sector investment. 2) Investing in people through education, training, science, and research. 3) Opening foreign markets so american workers can compete abroad. -22 million jobs were created, unemployment and core inflation were at their lowest, and America was in its longest economic expansion

7. What policies of the Clinton administration reflected President Clinton’s effort to move his party to the right? ANSWER: during Clinton's presidency he was forced to work with mainly republicans. So to compensate for that, Clinton decided to push his party more towards the right by trying to enact policies that had influence on gay rights welfare and deficit reduction. Retreat from Gay Right: Clinton claimed to lift the ban on gay people in the military, but he instead enacted the "don't ask, don't tell", which made it illegal for the federal government to to recognize same sex marriage. Welfare Reform:it reduced the protection for the poor by limiting the welfare payments by limiting to two consecutive years and establishing lifetime aid for only 5 years. Deficit Reduction: Restricted growth of government spending.

8. Explain the impeachment of President Clinton. ANSWER:Clinton was being sued for sexual harassment charges against a former Arkansas sate employee. After the charges Kenn Starr began to look into an alleged affair with White house intern Monica Lewinsky. When accused he lied about it during a civil trial, but late the admitted to the affair but denied perjury. Clinton was impeached on December 20th 1998. However, he was acquitted because many of the republicans and democrats said he was not guilty of high crimes an misdemeanors. Clinton was acquitted and vowed to finish his presidency.

9. Which of the following scandals of the Clinton administration led to his impeachment? A. accusations of financial impropriety uncovered in the Whitewater investigation = = B. the acquisition by the Clinton administration of private FBI files of many public officials C. the firing of career members of the White House travel office = = = = = =  to be replaced with Clinton supporters D. political donations linked to access to President Clinton, including the apparent sale of "coffees" with him and accusations of renting out the Lincoln bedroom for donations E. Bill Clinton's perjury and alleged obstruction of justice about his affair with Monica Lewinsky when testifying in the Paula Jones sexual harassment trial

= = 10. For the United States, the breakup of the Soviet Union had had the greatest effect on  A. import quotas B. immigration policies C. advances in technology D. defense spending

11. Explain the economic, social, and cultural impact technology has had on the U.S. ANSWER: In this time the people saw the growth of the world wide web and by the end of the dacade it was estimated to be about 295 million users on the internet. This helped create social websites such as blogs and social interactions. Also it helped many businesses advertise and create websites. Lastly the cell phone was made more accessible and made global communication easy.

12. In the late twentieth century, economic globalization transferred the United States. Explain what globalization is and how it has affected American demographics and economics. ANSWER: Economic globalization is the growing integration and interdependence of the world's economies and citizens. It has affected American demographics by the huge growth of immagration from Asia and Latin America. Also it has affected economics by the creation of many mulitnational corporations, and international organizations.

13. How did the supporters of immigration answer critics who blamed immigrants to taking away jobs from native-born Americans? ANSWER: They said there were taking jobs we did not want, or would not do. That they were taking low paying jobs and not getting in they way of native-born citizens. Also, most native From the east( like china and korea) had a better education so were better suited for the job.

14. Which of the following phrases best describes the U.S. economy of the 1990s? A. severe recession C. extended bear market
 * B. longest and largest economic boom in history **

D. steadily climbing interest rates
** This is the most correct answer because during this time the economy was not doing bad so a and c are not correct **. Also, the economy grew at a fast rate and lasted for a very long time.