1990-1995+(b)

=**1990-1995**=

**__Culture:__**
Music- The music genre between the years of 1990 and 1995 was turning from the former music genre of rock and roll, into a new hip kind of sound. Ranging from a new kind of rock sound, to hip-hop, and pop. Top artists in that era were Aaliyah, TLC, REM, Red Hot Chili Peppers, MC Hammer, and Vanilla Ice. Music started to sound like teen angst, and the band Nirvana made a hit song called "Smells like Teen Spirit". This song puts a sarcastic twist on how society sees teens as hoodlums who spends there time slacking off and getting high in alleyways and such. [|Lyrics to "Baby Baby Baby" by TLC] [|Lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit"] [Both primary documents show lyrics to influential songs from the 1990-1995 era.]

Fashion- The fashion from the 80's starts to die down toward this era. People begin to blend in with the rest of society. Putting the pink boas, and neon spandex away, and turning into a "less is more" kind of fashion. Some major fashion statements made in this era were Shoulder Pads, Adidas windpants and baggy jeans, blazers, and Grunge Fashion. Grunge fashion enabled woman to wear a more manly clothing, and a kind of "I don't care" look. A major revolution for woman was the new UltimoBra, giving woman with flat chests cleavage, and woman with big breasts a natural look. [|Ultimo Bra] [|My Adidas by Run DMC] [First primary document shows a picture of the Ultimo Bra, second document shows lyrics to a song about fashion in the 1990-1995 era.]



__**Civil Rights:**__
Civil Rights Act of 1991- The Civil Rights Act of 1991 was passed from a number of United States Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights to employees who had sued there employers for discrimination. It contains two different Civil Rights Acts of the past. The Civil Rights act of 1866 that gave further rights to the freed slaves after the end of the Civil War, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment. [|Changes in Vll of the Civil Rights Act of 1964] [|Civil Rights Act 1991] [Both Primary sources show actual acts, and changes]

Equal Oppurtunity Act of 1995- The act and subsequent amendments make it unlawful for an employer (or potential employer) to discriminate against a person of the grounds of status or private life. Including, but not limited to; sex, pregnancy, physical or mental impairment, race, religion, age, industrial activity, and physical features. [|Equal Oppurtunity Act of 1995] [|Employee WorkPlace Rights] [Both primary sources show the actual act of 1995, and the current workplace rights.]

__**Technology:**__
During the era of 1990-1995 there were many technological advances. Including the M-Theory, the cloning of Dolly the sheep, and DNA finds wide application in Criminal Law. The Hubble Space Telescope launches in 1990. An error in the telescopes main mirror leads to fuzzy images, but this is fixed in 1993. The major technological advance is the start of the Human Genome Project. This is an international scientific research with the goal to determine the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA and to identify and map the genes of the human genome both physically and functionally. Also in 1995 there was the release of the first Sony Playstation! [|Human Genome Project] [|M-Theory Information] [Both sources show information on each individual subject]

**__Economics:__**
In 1990 the Economy plunged into a recession. Some factors for this recession were rising oil prices, increase of interest rates, and decrease in availability of credit. A recovery that started in March of 1991 sustained a period of expansion that lasted a very long period of time. With the fall of the Soviet Union and Eastern European communism, trade opportunities expanded greatly. Allowing the economy to rise up again. The stock markets were surging from low inflation and a low unemployment, adding to the wealth of many Americans.

**__Cold War:__**
The Cold War was a period of conflict, strain and competition between the United States, the USSR and each of their allies. Although the Cold War itself was not a full-scale war there were small wars that occurred. These “proxy wars” were never fought by the USSR itself, but rather by their allies. Examples are the Korean war, and the Vietnam war. The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union ended in December of 1991. This made the United States the largest and most powerful superpower. With the end of the Cold War the U.S was able to focus their money and attention on things that would better the U.S. [|Harvard Study on Cold War] [|Cold War Museum] [The first source shows a Harvard project on the Cold War, the Second is the site on the Cold War Musuem]

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