1990s & 200 Important Events by Chiara Nunu

Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait

mangotangonunu — 2015-03-31 23:58:24 UTC

More than 100,000 Iraqi troops moved into the borders of Kuwait. Within an hour they had reached Kuwait City, and began attacking the royal residence. The sheik was shot and then ran over by a tank to portray a message.

Collapse of the Soviet Union/ end of Cold War

mangotangonunu — 2015-03-31 23:58:52 UTC

11 Soviet Republics got together and stated they were no longer going to be a part of the Soviet Union. They mainly fell because Gorbachev had enforced many radical reforms. The unraveling of the war started with Poland, and then many European dictators started falling like dominos. The Baltic States declared independence, and Gorbachev was placed under house arrest.

U.S. Involvement in the Balkans Crisis

mangotangonunu — 2015-03-31 23:59:43 UTC

President Clinton were prepared take part in NATO air strikes in Bosnia. They wanted to end the slaughters in Bosnia and push out the foreign intruders from the Soviet Union. This began to lead to the collapse of the cold War and Soviet Union.

Computers & Internet in Economic Development

mangotangonunu — 2015-04-01 00:00:44 UTC

The 1990s was time where things were changing quickly especially science and technology. The biggest contribution was the World Wide Web. It started off as a series of hypertexts that could be read. Java programming developed as well. Not only were computers advancing, but so were the ways our large machines operated.

Hillary Clinton

mangotangonunu — 2015-04-01 00:03:39 UTC

In the 1990s Clinton was a large part of the political stand point in America. In 1993 she tried selling her health care plan to skeptical people in Congress. She played a major role in the human sciences and health of the citizens.

Operation Desert Storm

mangotangonunu — 2015-04-01 00:09:23 UTC

The operation started off as Desert Shield. The United States got involved after the situation in Kuwait because Kuwait was a large oil producer for the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. They wanted to demobilize the threat. They began bombing the sorties to destroy their military targets. They wanted to liberate Kuwait and eventually did so.

Vernon J. Baker's Significance

2015-04-01 01:55:36 UTC

In 1941, Vernon Baker was assigned to the segregated 270th Regiment of the 92nd Infantry Division, the first black unit to go into combat in WWII. Baker, one of the most decorated black soldiers in the Mediterranean Theater, earned a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Distinguished Service Cross. In 1996, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Republican revolution

2015-04-01 02:03:03 UTC

For the first time in 40 years, the Republican Party wins control of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in midterm congressional elections. A 10-point legislative plan was made to reduce federal taxes, balance the budget, and dismantle social welfare programs established during six decades of mostly Democratic rule in Congress.Gingrich’s House of Representatives led the “Republican Revolution” by passing (mostly) every bill incorporated in the Contract with America.

U.S. International trade Policies

2015-04-01 02:13:06 UTC

Trade Policy and Programs (TPP) advances U.S. trade policy objectives by opening new export opportunities for American businesses, farmers, ranchers and workers through global, regional and bilateral trade initiatives. In partnership with agencies across the federal government, more than 50 TPP professionals and staff work to maximize the benefits of open markets for global economic development, address and resolve trade disputes, strengthen intellectual property enforcement, and improve access for U.S. goods and services abroad

General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade

2015-04-01 02:17:09 UTC

Formed in 1947 and signed into international law on January 1, 1948, GATT remained one of the focal features of international trade agreements until it was replaced by the creation of the World Trade Organization on January 1, 1995. The foundation for GATT was laid by the proposal of the International Trade Organization in 1945.

Ross Perot and the Reform Party

2015-04-01 02:21:42 UTC

Reform party, in the United States, political party founded in 1995 by H. Ross Perot as an alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties. The Reform party's aims originally included mandating high ethical standards for the president and Congress, balancing the budget, enacting an equitable tax code, and achieving campaign finance and other electoral reforms. In 1996 the party nominated Perot for the presidency.The Perot faction was dealt a blow at the party's national convention in 1999 when , John J. "Jack" Gargan was elected chairman, but tensions between Perot and Ventura supporters led Ventura to resign from the party early in 2000 and resulted in Gargan's ouster as chairman. Tension continued into 2002, when several state parties broke their ties with the national party.

9/11 Terrorist Attack

mangotangonunu — 2015-04-06 17:37:28 UTC

The terrorist attack that occurred on September 11,2001 were a series of 4 attacks. Two plans were aimed at the Wold Trade Center in New York causing both towers to crumble down killing thousands. The third plane wa aimed at the Pentagon. The fourth plane never reached its destination. The attack was oranized al-qaeda and Islamic Terrorist group.

USA Patriot Act of 2001

mangotangonunu — 2015-04-06 17:37:39 UTC

It was passed by congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush. It was set in place to improve and enforce security controls after the 9/11 attack and the Anthrax attacks. It enhanced surveillance, and caused the citizens to sacrifice more of the privacy in order to stay safe and prevent future attacks on US soil.

The Role of American Entrepreneurs

mangotangonunu — 2015-04-06 17:46:22 UTC

The Role of American Entrepreneurs

mangotangonunu — 2015-04-06 17:46:22 UTC

Many entrpreneurs such as Bill Gates, Sam Walton and Estee Lauder impacted the economy of America greatly. For example, Bill Gates improved the computer industry with his developments of technology. He boosted the amount of money flowing through the economy and increased competition. His company took off and provided many jobs for Americans. Estee Lauder improved the perfume and fashion industry. It chaned the looks of the modern American and again provided many jobs. These entrepreneurs allowed the US to reach a peak in their economic development.

US Involvement in Global War against Terror

mangotangonunu — 2015-04-06 17:52:21 UTC

The war on terror is a military campaign that was brought on due to the 9/11 attack. The United States led a coalition with Nato and other global groups

to destroy Al-qaeda. Bush did focus on the issue with the war on terro, but when Obama became president he said it should not be the main focus at the moment. He did end up finding Binladen the organizer of the 9/11 attack, which sparked pride and hope in Americans.

2000 presidential election

2015-04-06 18:14:41 UTC

The presidential election of 2000 hinged on the outcome in Florida. the state’s election was considered “too close to call.” The presidential election was so close that it took five weeks to determine the winner. Bush's official margin in Florida was by 537 votes.The 2000 presidential election was the first in 112 years in which a president lost the popular vote but captured enough states to win the electoral vote.

controversial Supreme Court

2015-04-06 18:25:39 UTC

With the presidency hanging on a few hundred votes in a single state, there were lawsuits and requests for recounts. Bitter disputes centered on confusing ballots, missing names from voting rolls, and subjecting minority voters to multiple requests for identification. The punch card ballots posed a major problem--they were vulnerable to voter error. Many ballots were called into question because voters failed to punch a hole all the way through the ballot. In an extraordinary late-night decision, the U.S. Supreme Court halted a recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court.

levee failure in New Orleans

2015-04-06 18:30:26 UTC

The storm surges produced by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, breached the levees protecting New Orleans in numerous places, flooding approximately 75 percent of the metropolitan area. Most of the levee failures were caused by overtopping, as the storm surge rose over the top of a levee and scoured out the base of the landward embankment or floodwall. Three major and costly breaches appear to have been caused by failure of the soils underlying the levees or failure of the earthen levee embankments themselves; in several places, levee foundations failed when water levels were below the tops of the levees.

the 2008 presidential election

2015-04-06 18:37:04 UTC

Barack Obama is the first African-American ever to be elected president of the United States. Joe Biden is the first Roman Catholic ever to serve as vice president. It is estimated that 136.6 million Americans voted for president this election, up from 122.3 million in 2004. That would give 2008 a 64.1 percent voter turnout rate, the highest since 1908.States achieved record voter turnout numbers of African-Americans and Hispanics. Whites are estimated to have made up 74 percent of the 2008 electorate, down from 81 percent in 2008 because of the increase in black and Hispanic voting. In North Carolina, blacks make up 22 percent of the population, but 31 percent of newly registered voters were black.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

2015-04-06 18:40:26 UTC

The ARRA was an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009 and signed into law on February 17,2009, by President Barack Obama. There was no end date written into the Recovery Act because, while many of Recovery Act projects were focused on jump starting the economy, others are expected to contribute to economic growth for many years.