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American Portraits: Anita Hill
Anita Hill testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1991.
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HIST 180 Survey of American History
Anita Hill testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1991.
Benjamin Cawthra, Ph.D.
California State University, Fullerton
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The Era of Globalism
Timeline: Globalism and the 1990s
Conservatism and the 1990s
A New World Order
The Clinton Years
A Global Economy
The United States in the World
Bush v. Gore
The 9/11 Attacks
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1. Timeline: The Era of Globalism
1990 Americans with Disabilities Act passed.
Gulf War.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Democrat Bill Clinton elected president, defeating incumbent George Bush.
North American Free Trade Agreement
World Trade Center bombed.
Republican victory in midterm Congressional elections.
Timothy McVeigh bombs federal building in Oklahoma City.
Clinton eliminates Aid to Families with Dependent Children.
Clinton re-elected president, defeating Bob Dole.
Clinton impeached.
Protests in Seattle against World Trade Organization.
George W. Bush defeats Al Gore in disputed presidential election.
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2. Conservatism in the 1990s
George Bush sworn in as president, 1989.
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Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, 1995.
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3. A New World Order
The Berlin Wall about to be dismantled, 1989.
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3. A New World Order?
White House Chief of Staff John Sununu, President George Bush, National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, 1991.
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Coalition jets over Iraq, 1991.
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4. The Clinton Years
President Bill Clinton
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1992 Presidential Debate: President George H.W. Bush, Ross Perot, Bill Clinton.
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First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,1994.
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5. A Global Economy
The Little Tramp (Chaplin) sells the IBM PC. Apple’s Mackintosh says hello.
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Pets.com, one of the many casualties of the dot.com bubble burst.
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General Motors Van Nuys Plant, 1970s.
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New citizens taking Naturalization Oath.
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Ianaré Sévi, Assalam Center, Boca Raton, Florida.
Photograph
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Little Saigon, Westminster, Orange County, California.
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Wealth and homelessness in Orange County, California.
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Police confront WTO prostesters, Seattle, 1999.
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“The World Trade Organization must be replaced by a democratic and transparent body accountable to citizens--not to corporations.
“No globalization without representation!”
Declaration for Global Democracy (December 1999)
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Hans Haacke, MetroMobilitan, 1985.
Mixed media.
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6. The United States in the World
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, US President Bill Clinton and PLO leader Yasser Arafat at Oslo, 1993.
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A building burns during siege of Sarajevo, 1992.
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Ethnic Albanian refugees cheer a British NATO tank in Kosovo, 1999.
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Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, whose trial lasted from 2002 until his death in 2006.
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Long Beach Naval Shipyard, 1993.
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7. Bush v. Gore
Election night vigil at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, proved inconclusive for supporters of favorite son George W. Bush.
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A Florida election official attempts to read a disputed ballot from the 2000 election.
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8. The 9/11 Attacks
The World Trade Center attacked on 9/11.
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Ground Zero after the Towers’ collapse, 2001.
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The Pentagon, 2001.
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