1. Time Period #5
U.S. History – Unit 8

3. 1996 Health Care –ran by Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton is reelected
Failed due to public opposition
Gun Control
Passed Brady Bill requiring better background checks
Family and Education
Passed Medical Leave Act
AmeriCorps – put students to work and gave scholarships, etc
Bill Clinton is reelected
Clintons agenda:
Economy through
Lower interest rates
Lower taxes
Health Care
Gun Control
Family and Education
Raised taxes (against campaign promise – like Bush to cut taxes)

4. 1997 J. K. Rowling publishes the first Harry Potter book.
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J. K. Rowling publishes the first Harry Potter book.

5. 1998
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President Bill Clinton is accused of having sex with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky. He denies the charges. As evidence is bought forward, Clinton admits wrong doing.

6. 1999
An independent counsel brings charges against Clinton, and the House impeaches him for lying and obstructing justice.
The U. S. Senate acquits President Clinton of impeachment charges.

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Two teenagers kill 15 students, including themselves, at Columbine Colorado High School.

8. 1999 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLyUpIqvlLA
The computer glitch that scared the world!
Y2K scare raises the possibility that databases all over the world – including in U.S. military computers – would go haywire because they were designed to recognize only two digits in dates.
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9. Top 10 Defining Moments in the 90s
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