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This was the leader of Iraq when coalition forces pushed his army out of Kuwait.
Who was Saddam Hussein?
This country's invasion of Kuwait triggered the Gulf War.
What is Iraq?
Tim Berners-Lee invented this system of linked documents that made the internet accessible to everyday people.
What is the World Wide Web
The Gulf War took place just after this major global event, which is why a large coalition was possible.
What is the end of the Cold War?
Both the Rodney King case and Columbine sparked national debates about this broad topic.
What is Gun violence, systemic racism, media's role in shaping public opinion, or government accountability?
This Los Angeles motorist's beating by police officers was caught on video, changing America.
Who was Rodney King?
The jury's acquittal of four LAPD officers caused this to erupt across Los Angeles.
What are the LA Riots?
Before the WWW, the internet was mostly used by these two types of institutions.
What is Universities and the military?
Columbine wasn't the first school shooting, but it became a turning point largely because of this.
What is media coverage?
The Gulf War was fought under a UN mandate, which made it an early example of this post-Cold War foreign policy approach.
What is coalition/ Multilateralism?
This Saudi-born militant declared war on the United States because of troops stationed in their home country.
Who was Osama Bin Laden?
Osama Bin Laden did this in response to US involvement in the Middle East.
Declared war on / issued a fatwa against the United States
This is one way the rise of the internet changed how Americans got their news in the 1990s.
What is instant news, cable news exploding, traditional newspapers losing ground, democratic publication?
The START Treaty was signed between the U.S. and this country, which had recently undergone a massive political transformation.
What is Russia?
Clinton's impeachment showcased this type of relationship between US political parties?
What is polarized/partisan?
This White House intern's relationship with the president triggered a constitutional crisis.
Who was Monica Lewinsky?
Though Clinton was impeached by the House, this body voted to acquit him, allowing him to finish his term.
What is the senate?
This is one unintended negative consequence the internet created that we didn't fully anticipate in the 1990s.
What is the spread of misinformation, extremist recruitment and radicalization, erosion of privacy, cybercrime?
Clinton's situation was politically significant partly because this had only happened once before in U.S. history.
What was impeachment? (Andrew Johnson's impeachment in 1868)
The Fall of the Cold War meant that the US spent the 90's and the early 2000s as the only this in the world?
What is a military superpower?
This president signed START II and was later acquitted by the Senate after being impeached.
Who was Bill Clinton?
The rise of Al-Qaeda was tied to US occupation of this country
What is Saudi Arabia?
Explain how the rise of the WWW and the road to 9/11 are connected, even if indirectly.
What is internet allowed al-Qaeda to recruit and communicate globally?
This event from the 1970s heavily influenced the US's foreign policy in the Middle East throughout the 90s.
What is the 1973 Oil Crisis?
What two events from this unit are rooted in the end of the Cold War?
What is START and US Involvement in the Middle East?