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Passage of Americans with disabilities act
Meant to protect disabled people from discrimination in the workplace. A business has to provide reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. It also requires handicap accessible public accommodations. Covers both mental and physical disabilities. -
Confirmation of clarence thomas
Clarence thomas was nominated for the supreme cpurt by president bush. Womens groups and civil rights groups opposed him for his conservative views kn abortion. Anita hill accused him of sexual harassment in an attempt to soul his name. He was nominated on july 1st 1991 and confirmed on October 15th 1991 -
Passage pf the north american free trade agreement
It is a free trade agreement between the United States, mexico, and canada. It was created to eliminate tariff barriers to agriculture, manufacturing, and services. It also increased investment opportunities. Telecommunications expanded as well. -
Blackhawk down
A mission for us soldiers to capture aidids lieutenants. 4 black hawks were sent in and captured the lieutenants. However the mission changed when 2 of them were shot down. Out of 160 troops 18 were killed and 80 were wounded. 25 troops were left behind and had to flee the city. -
Oj simpson trial
Oh simpson was tried on 2 accounts of murder. It was the most publicized vriminal trial in American history. Dna tests were a new thing so the legitimacy of those were questioned. He was declared not guilty. -
Million man march
Huge gathering of African american men jn Washington dc. Called together by louis farakhan and was held on and around the national mall. It was meant to bring race back up as a political issue. Over 1.5 million peole were there. -
Olympic park bombing
First of four bombings committed by eric robert rudolph. Thanks to a security guard the death rate was greatly reduced. 1 person was killed and 111 injured. There were 3 pipe bombs. -
Murder of jon benet ramsey
Jon benet ramsey was a 6 year old girl found murdered in her family basement. She was in many beauty pageants. Her prents had also abused her. Although belived that she was killed by her parents the case is unsolved. -
Nato bombing in yugoslavia
The goal of the bombing was to stop human rights abuse in kosolo. It was also to get military forces to withdraw. It lasted untill june 10 1999. It killed 489-528 civilians. -
Y2k scare
The year 2000 scare was a fear that all computers would crash on january first 2000. People though everything would be lost. Feared everthing wpuld end up to caveman times. Nothing actually happened.
