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Impact Events 1990-present
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Los Angeles Riots
After a jury acquitted 4 white officers of charges for brutally beating a black man named Rodney King, riots began throughout los angeles with murders, robberier and people starting fires to go up against the lapd. this lasted from April 29th to May 4th. -
Oklahoma City Bombing
the worst home terroist bomb attack in U.S history until 9/11. it took place at the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, it killed 168 people and wounded 800. -
Murder of Matthew Shepard
Matthew Shepard was a gay man who was torutured one night and then died from injuries six days later. he's the reason there is hate crime laws and gay bashing laws now to be charged as a crime. -
Lewinsky Scandal
President Bill Clinton is accused of having an affair with a White House intern Monica Lewinsky. SO the US House of Representatives put out an impeachment for the president but Lewinsky said it was all a lie so the president is acquitted of all his impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a senate trial that lasted 21 days. -
9/11 terriost attack
9/11 was a series of 4 attacks by an islamic terrioust group called al-quaeda that happened in New York and Washington D.C. 2 planes crashed intp the World Trade Center, another plane crashed into the pentagon, and the last one crashed near the United states Capitol. More than 3,000 people were killed -
No Child Left Behind Act
This Act is for all public schools to give students a standardized test yearly for students basic skills.Like how florida we have the FCAT -
Homeland Security
Homeland Security was created in response to 9/11 & now its to protect and oversee all of the US. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, La and it caused its levee to break so it flooded, and 700 were killed -
Great Recession
the recession that we are currently in started. -
Barack Obama President
The 1st black president Barack Obama was inaugrated as president
