social-continued social in most liberalization
-in creased in the influence of capitalism - fashioned gained popularity with the youth culture & entreprenuership -young people became really involved in extreme sports -world health organization -accepted the gays for who they were -A Third -wave feminism -record number of women are elected to high office in the U.S in 1992 "The year of the woman " -there was alot of woman heroes -woman reached great heights of power in the U.S government -hip hop was being known |
political- the first congo war
-the 2nd congo war - the gulf war -terrorist attacks -the bush presidency -operation desert storm -world trade center bombing -rwanda -The lewinsky scandal -neslon mandela - hip hop artist ice cube gave an interview about racism and the government - the clinto |
economic-oil shocks &watergate
-greenspan -the internet -the cell phone - the palm pilot -save social security first -us exhibited the best economic performance of the past 3 decades -more job opportunities the unemployement was decreasing -productivity growth rose substantially in the late 90's despite the lenght of expansion -stock market became over valued |
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