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GI bill
he G.I. Bill was created to help veterans of World War II. It established hospitals, made low-interest mortgages available and granted stipends covering tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools. 9 million veterans received close to $4 billion from the bill’s unemployment compensation program. Through the Veterans Administration, the bill provided grants for school and college tuition, low-interest mortgage and small-business loans, job training, hiring privileges -
2nd red scare
people became scared that communism would eventually begin to take over in the us. The second Red Scare refers to the anticommunist fervor that permeated American politics, society, and culture from the late 1940s through the 1950s, during the opening phases of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. This episode lasted longer and was more pervasive than the first Red Scare, which followed World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. -
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Truman Doctrine
American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was first announced by President Truman on March 12, and further developed in 1948, he wanted contain threats to Greece and Turkey. Direct American military force was usually not involved, Congress gave financial aid to support the economies of Greece and Turkey. More generally, the Truman Doctrine implied American support for other nations allegedly threatened by Soviet communism. -
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berlin airlift
At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. The crisis started in 1948, when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. they couldn't be on land by foot so they supplied the people through the air. -
Fair deal
created by president harry truman, The Fair Deal was an ambitious set of proposals made by Truman to Congress in his January 1949 State of the Union address. the term characterizes the entire domestic agenda of the Truman administration, from 1945 to 1953. It offered new proposals to continue New Deal liberalism, but with the Conservative Coalition controlling Congress, only a few of its major initiatives became law and then only if they had considerable GOP support. -
beat generation
The Beat Generation was a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s. -
ike turner
Ike Turner, was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. An early pioneer of fifties rock and roll, he is most popularly known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his then-wife Tina Turner in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. -
television
By the very early 1960's around 90 percent of households owned a television. The television established as every american families new favorite piece of furniture. Television had became the main source of communications in American society. September 26, 1960 held the very first presidential debate televised. The candidates was Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. For most Americans it was their first time to see both candidates. -
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brown vs. board of edu
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark Supreme Court case where justices ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement, and helped establish that separate but equal education wasnt equal at all. this went against plessy vs. ferguson ruling constitutionally laws stopping blacks from sharing the same buses, schools and other public facilities as whites“Jim Crow” -
elvis presly
Elvis Presley came from very humble beginnings and grew up to become one of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll. By the mid-1950s, he appeared on the radio, television and the silver screen. On August 16, 1977, at age 42, he died of heart failure, which was related to his drug addiction. Since his death, Presley has remained one of the world's most popular music icons. Musician and actor Elvis Aron Presley was born on January 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Mississippi. -
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polio vaccine
The first polio vaccine was an inactivated, or killed, vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk and licensed in 1955. polio is Poliomyelitis, or polio is an infectious disease caused by the polio virus, which affects your spinal cord . president fdr secretly had this such disease. nactivated polio vaccine is the only polio vaccine that has been given in the United States since 2000. It is given by shot in the arm or leg, depending on the person's age. Oral polio vaccine is used in other countries -
Dr. Jonas Salk
Jonas Edward Salk was a medical researcher and virologist. He discovered and developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. choosing to do medical research instead of becoming a practicing physician, after earning his medical degree. Until 1955, when the Salk vaccine was introduced, polio was considered one of the most frightening public health problems in the world. In the postwar United States, annual epidemics were increasingly devastating. he created the vaccine for this -
Emmett till tragedy
Till grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the south side of Chicago.On August 24, while standing with his cousins and some friends outside a country store in Money, they dared Emmett to ask the white woman behind the store counter for a date. the woman behind the counter later claimed that he grabbed her, made lewd advances & whistled at her as he left which wasnt true. her husband and brother then found emmett and killed him. they got off with no charges then sold the truth for money -
little rock 9
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at Central High School .They were testing Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. On September 4, 1957 Governor Faubus called in the Arkansas National Guard to block the black students entry into the school to stop desegregation. Later that month, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school. -
NASA
a agency responsible for coordinating America’s space activity. NASA has sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical, that have provided information about the solar system and universe. It has also launched numerous earth-orbiting satellites that have been instrumental in everything from weather forecasting to navigation to global communications. NASA was created in response to the Soviet Union’s October 4, 1957 launch of its first satellite, Sputnik which costs the us tons of money -
rock n roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, from African American musical styles such as gospel, jump blues, jazz, boogie woogie, and rhythm and blues, along with country music.According to Greg Kot, "rock and roll" refers to a style of popular music originating in the U.S. in the 1950s prior to its development by the mid 1960s into "the more encompassing international style known as rock music, -
plitics nixon vs kennedy
In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon squared off in the first televised presidential debates in American history. The Kennedy-Nixon debates not only had a major impact on the election’s outcome, but ushered in a new era in which crafting a public image and taking advantage of media exposure became essential ingredients of a successful political campaign. They also heralded the central role television has continued to play in the democratic process. -
new frontier
The term New Frontier was used by candidate JFK in his acceptance speech in the 1960 United States presidential election to the Democratic National Convention as the Democratic slogan to inspire America to support him. Kennedy entered office with ambitions to eradicate poverty and to raise America’s eyes to the stars through the space program. unemployment benefits were expanded, aid was provided to cities to improve housing and transportation -
LSD
LSD was popularized in the 1960s by individuals such as psychologist Timothy Leary, who encouraged American students to “turn on, tune in, and drop out.” This created an entire counterculture of drug abuse and spread the drug from America to the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe. Even today, use of LSD in the United Kingdom is significantly higher than in other parts of the world. -
feminism
The resurgence of feminism across the United States in the 1960s ushered in a series of changes to the status quo that still have an impact today. In the media, and in women’s personal situations, 1960s feminists inspired unprecedented changes in the fabric of our society, changes with far-reaching economic, political, and cultural consequences. But what, exactly, were those changes? Here’s a look at some of the most important accomplishments of these activists for female empowerment: -
Sit ins
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, which was one of the sit-ins that later led to the Woolworth department store chain removing its policy of racial segregation in the Southern United States. blacks would go to resturants and refuse to sit in colored sections as people continuasly disrespected them by calling them names spitting on them and throwing food. -
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peace corps
On March 1, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order, establishing the Peace Corps as a new agency within the Department of State. his famous inaugural address, he promised aid to the poor of the world. “To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery,” he said, “we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required not because the communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, -
Bay of pigs
a exiled group of Cubans were set to fight in Cuba to overthrow its leader Castro. this was one of president Kennedy's mistakes during his president. was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency CIA sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on 17 April 1961. A counter-revolutionary military group made up of mostly Cuban exiles who traveled to the United States after Castro's takeover, but also some US military personnel, trained and funded by the CIA -
Kennedy speech at rice university
kennedy gave his moon speech with a sense of urgency and destiny, and emphasized the freedom enjoyed by Americans to choose their destiny rather than have it chosen for them. Although he called for competition with the Soviet Union, he also proposed making the Moon landing a joint project. many americans believed that america was losing the space rae with the soviot union so this speech gave them encouragement. it also was entended to get the people to support the apollo program. -
assassination of jfk
President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that President Kennedy was going to run and he seemed confident about his chances for re-election. gunfire suddenly reverberated in the plaza. Bullets struck the president's neck and head and he slumped over toward Mrs. Kennedy. The governor was also hit in the chest. -
warren commission
this commission was to find out and investigate who killed president kennedy. put into action by lyndon johnson. After a nearly yearlong investigation, the commission, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren concluded that alleged gunman Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone and that there was no conspiracy, either domestic or international, involved. -
MLK letter from Birmingham jail
On April 16, 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., imprisoned in an Alabama prison cell, on April 12, King and nearly 50 other protestors and civil rights leaders had been arrested after leading a Good Friday as part of the Birmingham Campaign, The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. It says that people have a responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action rather than waiting potentially forever for justice to come through the courts. . -
i have a dream speech
I Have a Dream" is a public speech givin by American civil rights activist MLK. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in which he calls for an end to racism in the US & called for civil and economic rights. He told of the struggle ahead, stressing the importance of continued action and nonviolent protest. Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed millions of slaves in 1863 King observes that 100 yrs later, the Negro still is not free -
george wallace
George Wallace, the Democratic Governor of Alabama, in a symbolic attempt to keep his promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two African American students. he refused to desegrigate the university. having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat Wallace has the third longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history -
daisy girl ad
Daisy Girl was a controversial political advertisement aired on television during the 1964 United States presidential election by incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign. Though only aired once , it is considered to be an important factor in Johnson's landslide victory over Barry Goldwater and an important turning point in political and advertising history. It remains one of the most controversial political advertisements ever made. to wake people up on nuclear weapons -
Great society
The Great Society was a series of policy initiatives, legislation and programs by President LBJ with the goal of ending poverty, reducing crime, abolishing inequality and improving the environment. LBJ laid out his agenda for a Great Society during a speech at the University of Michigan. looking at re-election, The assassination of Kennedy left American citizens reeling. They felt empathy, even sympathy for Johnson as he became president under such difficult circumstances. Johnson took advantage -
civil rights act of 1964
President Lyndon Johnson made the passage of slain President Kennedy’s civil rights bill his top priority during the first year of his administration. He enlisted the help of the NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, The Civil Rights Act was the nation's civil rights legislation. The Act outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, required equal access to public places and employment. didnt end descrimination but it helped -
counter culture
The counterculture refers to an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon that developed first in the US and then spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the mid-1970s, with London, New York City, and San Francisco being hotbeds of early countercultural activity. As the era unfolded, new cultural forms and a dynamic subculture which celebrated experimentation, modern incarnations of Bohemianism, and the rise of the hippie and other alternative lifestyles, emerged. -
malcolm x
Malcolm X was a minister, human rights activist and prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and 1960s. Due largely to his efforts, the Nation of Islam grew from a mere 400 members at the time he was released from prison in 1952 to 40,000 members by 1960. Articulate, passionate and a naturally gifted and inspirational orator, Malcolm X exhorted blacks to cast off the shackles of racism "by any means necessary," including violence -
nixons election
The presidential election of 1968 was one of the most chaotic in American history, reflecting a time that was in many ways equally chaotic. At the beginning of the election season, President Lyndon Johnson was the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Nixon ran as the champion of the "silent majority," those who rejected the radicalism and cultural liberalism of the time. He chose the conservative governor of Maryland as his running mate partly to appeal to Southern conservatives. -
Hippies
Hippies rejected established institutions, criticized middle class values, opposed nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Eastern philosophy, championed sexual liberation, were often vegetarian and eco-friendly, promoted the use of psychedelic drugs which they believed expanded one's consciousness, -
death of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing on the balcony outside his secondstory room at a motel in Memphis.The civil rights leader was there to support a sanitation workers’ strike and was on his way to dinner when a bullet struck him in the jaw. His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The astronauts also returned to Earth the first samples from another planetary body. Apollo 11 achieved its primary mission , to perform a manned lunar landing and return the mission safely to Earth ,and paved the way for the Apollo lunar landing missions to follow. -
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equal rights amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex; it seeks to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. First proposed by the National Woman’s political party in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment was to provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex -
water gate scandal
several burglars were arrested in the office of the Democratic National Committee, located in the Watergate complex of buildings in Washington, D.C. They were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign, and they had been caught wiretapping phones and stealing documents. Nixon took aggressive steps to cover up the crime afterwards, and in August 1974, after his role in the conspiracy was revealed, Nixon resigned. this changed politics forever making citizens not trust the govt -
war powers resolution act
a federal law intended to check the president's power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress. The Resolution was adopted in the form of a United States Congress joint resolution. It says the U.S. President can send U.S. Armed Forces into action abroad only by declaration of war by Congress, "statutory authorization," or in case of "a national emergency created by attack upon the United States, its territories or possessions, -
endangered species act
When Congress passed the Endangered Species Act it recognized that our rich natural heritage is of ecological, educational, recreational, and scientific value to our Nation and its people." It further expressed concern that many of our nation's native plants and animals were in danger of becoming extinct. he purpose of the ESA is to protect and recover imperiled species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. It is administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and -
nixons tapes
it had been said that nixon had been making tapes and recording himself throughout his presidency. officals wanted those tapes because they believed that they would comgirm or deny if nixon knew anything about the watergate scandal. he refused to turn over the taped and when he did minutes were missing from them they eventualy got nixon to give over the whole tapes where he was made to resign or impeachment would occur because the country did not trust him anymore -
federal election comision
The Federal Election Commission is an independent agency created in 1975 by the U.S. Congress to regulate election campaign finance in the United States. The FEC has jurisdiction over campaigns for the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, the presidency and the vice presidency.In 1971, The Act instituted more stringent disclosure requirements for federal candidates, political parties and political action committees -
Personal computer
in the history of computing there were many examples of computers designed to be used by one person, as opposed to terminals connected to mainframe computers. It took a while for computers to be developed that meet the modern definition of a "personal computers", one that is designed for one person, is easy to use, and is cheap enough for an individual to buy. The first personal computer. In 1975, Ed Roberts when he introduced the Altair 8800.e first personal computers, introduced in 1975, -
jimmy carters presidency
Jimmy Carter struggled to respond to challenges happening around him, including a major energy crisis as well as high inflation and unemployment. In the foreign affairs arena, he reopened U.S. relations with China and made headway with efforts to broker peace in the historic Arab-Israeli conflict, but was damaged late in his term by a hostage crisis in Iran. energy crisis was a period when the major industrial countries of the world, faced substantial petroleum shortages, -
camp david accords
The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David. The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. this layed the groundwork for a permanent peace agreement between Egypt and Israel after three decades of hostilities. directly to the 1979 Egypt Israel Peace Treaty. -
iran hostage crisis
group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. The immediate cause of this action was President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Iran’s deposed Shah, a pro-Western autocrat who had been expelled from his country some months before, to come to the United States for cancer treatment. However, the hostage-taking was about more than the Shah’s medical care: it was a dramatic way for the student revolutionaries to declare a break with Iran’s past -
three mile island
TMI is the site of a nuclear power plant in south central Pennsylvania. In 1979, many mechanical and human errors at the plant caused the worst commercial nuclear accident in US history, resulting in a partial meltdown that released dangerous radioactive gasses into the atmosphere. Three Mile Island stoked public fears about nuclear power no new nuclear power plants have been built in the United States since the accident. An estimated two million people were exposed to small amounts of radiation -
election of 1980
the election of 1980 consisted of reagan & jimmy carter. Due to the rise of conservativism following Reagan's victory, some historians say the election to be a realigning election that marked the start of the "Reagan Era". Carter's unpopularity and poor relations with Democratic leaders encouraged reagan to win. Reagan campaigned for increased defense spending, implementation of economic policies. Carter attacked Reagan as a dangerous extremist & Reagan would cut Medicare and Social Security. -
AIDS crisis
In June 1982, a group of cases among gay men in Southern California suggested that the cause of the immune deficiency was sexual and the syndrome was initially called gay-related immune deficiency .In September, the CDC used the term 'AIDS' for the first time, describing it as n 1991, the Visual AIDS Artists Caucus launched the Red Ribbon Project to create a symbol of compassion for people living with HIV and their carers. The red ribbon became an international symbol of AIDS awareness.51 -
reagonomics
During the campaign , Ronald Reagan announced a recipe to fix the nation's economic mess. He claimed an undue tax burden, excessive government regulation, and massive social spending programs hampered growth. Reagan proposed a phased 30% tax cut for the first three years of his Presidency. the media called this reaganomics as he tried to fix the country with his different plans. the economic policies of the former US president Ronald Reagan,associated especially with the reduction of taxes -
satellite entertainment
The years 1976 to 1980 saw the beginnings of the satellite TV industry, with the first signals broadcast from HBO, TBS and CBN. the establishment of SPACE, the Society for Private and Commercial Earth Stations and COMSAT/Satellite Television Corporation’s request to construct and operate a Direct Broadcast Satellite system. From 1981 to 1985, the “big-dish” C-Band satellite market began to take off. System sales soared as hardware prices fell, and the idea of a practical DBS system started -
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MTV
Launched on August 1, 1981, the channel originally aired music videos as guided by television personalities. At first, MTV's main target were young adults and teens, but today it is primarily teenagers, particularly high school and college students. this projected rock and roll and fresh hot new music to youngadults. In the late 1980s, MTV began introducing non-music programming and slowly, over time, the flavor of MTV began to change -
video head system
n the 1970s and early 1980s, there was a format war in the home video industry. Two of the standards, VHS and Betamax, received the most media exposure. VHS eventually won the war, dominating 60 percent of the North American market by 1980 and emerging as the dominant home video format throughout the tape media period. -
rap music
Rap music and hip hop created a new language that rose up from the streets and parties and good times that were going down on every block. rap in the 1980s it was moving dance floors in New York, where local MC’s first began spewing rhymes out over turntable beats in the late 1970’s. By the time the 80’s rolled around, artist were routinely battling it out at parties in the park and local clubs to see who could best move the crowd with their unique verses. -
reagan doctrine
the reagan doctrine was a strategy implemented by reagan to overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union in an attempt to end the Cold War. The doctrine was the United States foreign policy in the early 1980s Under the Reagan Doctrine, the United States provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist guerrillas and resistance movements in an effort to "roll back" Soviet-backed communist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The doctrine was designed to diminish Soviet influence -
robert johnson
he was a American blues singer-songwriter and musician. His landmark recordings in 1936 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy and poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend. One Faustian myth says that he sold his soul to the devil at a local crossroads of Mississippi highways to achieve success. As an itinerant performer who played mostly on street corners, -
challenger explosion
The NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded just 73 seconds after liftoff, bringing a devastating end to the spacecraft’s 10th mission. all 7 people aboard died, It was later determined that two rubber O-rings, which had been designed to separate the sections of the rocket booster, had failed due to cold temperatures on the morning of the launch. The tragedy and its aftermath received extensive media coverage and prompted NASA to temporarily suspend all shuttle missions. -
fall of berlin wall
as the cold war began to come to a end the spokesman for East Berlin's Communist Party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. Starting at midnight that day, he said, citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country's borders. what had seperated east and west germany for years would come down and reunited thousands of families and friends -
oprah winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Queen of All Media she was the richest African American of the 20th century North America's first multi-billionaire black person and has been ranked the greatest black philanthropist in hostory -
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rodney king incident
African American taxi driver became known internationally as the victim of Los Angeles Police Department brutality, after a videotape was released of several police officers beating him. The four officers were tried on charges of use of excessive force; three were totally acquitted.1992 Los Angeles riots started, sparked by outrage among African Americans over the verdicts and longstanding social issue. he rioting lasted six days, during which 63 people were killed and 2,373 were injured -
election of 1992
Bill Clinton defeated President George H. W. Bush. Bush had alienated many of the conservatives in his party by breaking his 1988 campaign pledge against raising taxes, but he fended off a challenge from commentator Pat Buchanan. Bush's popularity after his success in the Gulf War dissuaded high-profile Democratic candidates from entering the Democratic primaries. Clinton, a leader of the Democratic Leadership Council, established himself as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination -
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. introduces his bail-out plan for troubled savings and loans banks. It provides for the sale of $50 billion in government bonds to finance the bail-out and gives the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation regulatory oversight over S&Ls. -
health care reform
health care plan, was a healthcare reform package proposed by the administration of Bill Clinton and closely associated with the chair of the task force devising the plan, First Lady of the United States Hillary Clinton. The president had campaigned heavily on health care in the 1992 presidential election. National health care reform is arguably the most important domestic policy issue of the 1990s. It also is clear that health care reform is as much a political as it is a public policy issue. -
world trade center attack 1993
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, carried out on February 26, 1993, when a truck bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The 1,336 pounds urea nitrate–hydrogen gas enhanced device was intended to send the North tower crashing into the South Tower bringing both towers down and killing tens of thousands of people. It failed to do so but killed six people and injured over a thousand. -
Lewinsky' affair
known as the clinton lewinsky scandal ,was a political sex scandal that involved President Bill Clinton and 22 yr old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton ended a televised speech with the statement that he "did not have sexual relations". investigations led to charges of perjury and to the impeachment of President Clinton .Some believe that Clinton began a personal relationship with her, the details of which she later confided to her co-worker who secretly recorded their conversations -
technology
In ways, the 1990s was the true beginning of the electronic age. It was a time when personal computers evolved from curiosities into parts of everyday life, information evolved from a physical thing printed on paper and stored in libraries into digital, when the Internet communications extended reach across the globe, and made it possible people to connect with another. This created a world that moved at a faster pace than ever before, where ideas spread at a viral pace and great fortunes -
BET ( robert johnson)
he was americas first blaco billionair. Out of the 2,043 people who appear on the 2017 Forbes list of billionaires, only three are African-American: Oprah Winfrey, Robert Smith and Michael Jordan. But before any of them appeared on the list, Robert L. Johnson, 75, became the first African-American billionaire in 2001 thanks to the sale of his cable station Black Entertainment Television (BET), -
election of 2000
election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush and Democratic candidate Al Gore, Bush won the election, with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. The election was a controversy over Florida's electoral votes, the recount process in that state, and the unusual event of the winning candidate having received fewer popular votes than the runner-up. It was the closest election since 1876 -
Al Gore
an American politician who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States. Gore was Bill Clinton's running mate in their successful campaign in 1992, and the pair was re-elected in 1996. Near the end of Clinton's second term, Gore was selected as the Democratic nominee for the 2000 election but lost the election in a very close race. After his term as vp in 2001, he remained an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him the Nobel Peace Prize -
george w bush
George Walker Bush son of george hw bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was also the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.Nationally, Bush was both one of the most popular and unpopular U.S. Presidents in history, having received the highest recorded presidential approval ratings in the wake of the September 11 attacks, as well as one of the lowest approval ratings during the 2008 financial crisis. -
9/11 attacks
September 11 attacks, also called 9/11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history. The attacks against New York City and Washington, D.C., caused extensive death and destruction and triggered an enormous U.S. effort to combat terrorism. Some 2,750 people were killed in New York, -
patriot act
was signed into law by Bush. With its 10 letter abbreviation, the full title is Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act . The Department of Justice's first priority is to prevent future terrorist attacks. Since its passage following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Patriot Act. congress enacted the Patriot Act by overwhelming, bipartisan margins, arming law enforcement with new tools to detect and prevent terrorism -
hurricane katrina disaster
an extremely destructive hurricane that caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure. property damage occurred in coastal areas, and houses inland. many across the country were shocked by the images they saw in Katrina's aftermath. many stood on rooftops waving their arms and pleading for help as the flood waters inundated their communities, many say this was the end of bush as he failed to tend to the country -
the great recession
Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets during the late 2000s . The scale and timing of the recession varied from country to country. In terms of overall impact, the International Monetary Fund concluded that it was the worst global recession since the 1930s (the Great Depression). The causes of the recession largely originated in the United States, particularly related to the real-estate market, though choices made by other nations contributed as well. -
election of 2008
Outgoing Bush's policies and actions and the American public's desire for change were key issues throughout the campaign. During the presidential election campaign, the major-party candidates ran on a platform of change and reform in Washington. Democrat Barack Obama, then junior United States Senator from Illinois, defeated John McCain. this election had a major impact on america The election was 1st African American was elected President. It was also the 1st time two sitting senators ran -
john mccain
John McCain is a Vietnam War veteran and a six-term U.S. senator from the state of Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for the 2008 presidential election, before his loss to Barack Obama. McCain weathered the scandal and won reelection to the Senate in 1992 and 1998, each time with a solid majority. His reputation as a "maverick politician" with firm beliefs and a quick temper only increased, and many were impressed by his willingness to be open with the public and the press. -
obama presidency
From the day he was inaugurated as the nation’s first African-American president, to the day Osama bin Laden was killed, up to the Supreme Court decision that made same-sex marriage the law of the land. Days before taking office, Obama declared that “dramatic action” was need to fix the U.S. economy, and on Feb. 17, 2009 he signed the economic stimulus bill, formally known as the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. he signed the health care overhaul, Affordable Care Act,
