1. Review
In groups of ~3, locate and label the given locations on the map
10 minutes
ANYTHING

2. Review Listen to the song that is played
“Leningrad,” Billy Joel, 1989
Note the events/terms/images from the Cold War that are referred to
What is the message of the song?

3. 1990’s
What was it like in the 90’s?

4. How were the 1990’s a change from the previous decades?
After the Cold War
Domestic Events

5. The Economy in the 1990’s 1990’s- time of economic boom
Unemployment, inflation fell
Wages rose
Fewer people on welfare

6. The American Economy in the Twentieth Century
1990’s
1920’s
1950’s / 1960’s
1980’s
1940’s
2008
1970’s
1930’s

7. Life in the Nineties Technology Internet- linked computers together
Compact computers,
“Small” cell phones
Internet- linked computers together
“Dot-Com” companies
Created communities

8. Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 Governor from Arkansas
Appealed to blue-collar (working) Americans
Personality, charisma
Democrat (not Republican)
Raised taxes, cut spending
Reduce the deficit

9. Clinton Achievements / Actions
Oversaw massive economic boom
NAFTA (North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement)
Trade partnership with Canada and Mexico
Jobs
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT)
Allowed for gay men and women to serve in the Armed Forces (if they did not reveal their sexuality)

10. Socks Clinton

11. Clinton’s Impeachment
Scandal over Clinton’s relationship with an intern
News story broke, Clinton responded
Denied affair repeatedly
Clinton lied under oath
Charged with perjury (lying), obstruction of justice

12. Clinton’s Impeachment
Clinton was impeached and went to trial
Found not guilty by Congress
Two sitting US presidents in the twentieth century were impeached.
Compare and contrast the impeachments.
What did they have in common? What was different?

13. Exit Slip
Cold War ’s