Everyone in each group must have a unique examples. No Duplicate Items.
Final Test Items
Iraq’s Invasion of Kuwait -
Persian Gulf War -
George H.W. Bush -
Bill Clinton -
North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -
United States embassy bombing in Africa -
Achieved Domestic Policies
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
Family and Medical Leave Act (1993)
Welfare Reform Act (1996)
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993)
Violence Against Women Act (1994)
"Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy (1993)
Telecommunications Act (1996)
Crime Bill (1994)
Balanced Budget Act (1997) – led to budget surplus
CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program, 1997)
Welfare Reform (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act)
Increased funding for education.
Failed Domestic Policies
Failure of Healthcare Reform (Clinton Plan)
Growing Income Inequality
School Shootings (Columbine)
Rising College Tuition Costs
Challenges with Urban Poverty
Continued Drug Epidemics
Infrastructure Deficiencies
Campaign Finance Reform Challenges
National Debt.
The impact of the savings and loan crisis.
Increase in the use of prisons, and prison populations.
Increase in illegal immigration.
Achieved Foreign Policies
Gulf War Victory
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Bosnian Peace Accords (Dayton Agreement)
Expansion of NATO
Normalization of Relations with Vietnam
Support for Russian Democratization
Intervention in Kosovo
World Trade Organization (WTO) Participation
Middle East Peace Process Initiatives (Oslo Accords)
Increased Focus on Counterterrorism
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Efforts to promote free trade globally
Failed Foreign Policies
Rwandan Genocide
Somalia Intervention (Black Hawk Down)
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Capture Osama bin Laden
North Korean Nuclear Program Developments
Continued Instability in the Balkans
Challenges with China's Growing Influence
Address Global Cyber Security Threats
Limitations of Humanitarian Interventions
The threat of Al-Qaeda.
Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Collapse of the Soviet Union.
Issues Comparing Left and Right
Left: Gun control vs. Right: Gun rights and NRA support
Left: Support for gay rights vs. Right: Defense of Marriage Act
Left: Expanding social safety nets vs. Right: Welfare reform
Left: Pro-environment policies vs. Right: Deregulation
Left: More diplomatic foreign policy vs. Right: Military strength
Left: Feminism and equality vs. Right: Traditional values
Left: Expansion of hate crime laws vs. Right: Focus on law enforcement
Left: Universal healthcare push vs. Right: Private market solutions
Left: Higher taxes on the wealthy vs. Right: Tax cuts
Left: Affirmative action support vs. Right: Opposition to race-based policies
Entertainment (TV, Movies, Music, Sports, Technology)
TV: "Friends" (1994), "The X-Files" (1993), "Seinfeld" (1989)
Movies: "Titanic" (1997), "Jurassic Park" (1993)
Music: Rise of grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam)
Sports: Michael Jordan’s dominance with the Chicago Bulls
Technology: The Internet boom, AOL, and Windows 95
Movies: "The Matrix" (1999), "Pulp Fiction" (1994)
Music: Boy bands (NSYNC, Backstreet Boys)
Sports: The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team won the World Cup
TV: "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990), "The Sopranos" (1999)
Technology: Google founded (1998)
Everyone in each group must have a unique examples. No Duplicate Items.