Priorities
A currency that many people of this decade valued strongly
What is money?
A group identified by their sexualities that was more accepted than ever before. While still not widely accepted, people were beginning to "warm up" to the idea of them
What is homosexuals?
Putting off marriage and having children
What is how women gained power?
Grunge, Eurodance, and Hip-hop
What are up and coming music styles?
A claim to something making it definitively yours
What is "Dibs"?
Overdramatic and lavish articles that were unnecessary
What is the main output of peoples' money?
How minorities were viewed in the 1990s in the US
What is overlooked and disrespected?
The act that made it illegal for women to be fired from their job if they go on maternity leave
What is the Family and Medical Leave Act?
A period of political activism that sought to expand civil rights and social equality for women
What is the third wave of feminism?
A synonym for words such as "awesome" or "great"
What is "Da bomb"?
A pastime that existed before the 90s but drastically increased in popularity
What is gambling?
Racial groups that had an increases in segregation
What are Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans?
A change in the workplace that impacted the situation for the better
What is women being accepted into the workplace?
Culture whose norms differ from the norms of mainstream society
Counterculture
To behave crazy or irrationally
What is "Trippin"?
The priorities of the US citizens in the 1990s
What are money and being better than others?
Racial group that had a decrease in segregation
What is African American?
The reason that society remembers women from the 90s as "she-devils"
What is a sexist society?
A directive prohibiting US Military from asking about someone's sexual orientation for their application
What is "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT)?
Another term for go away; a rude dismissal
What is "eat my shorts"?
A break from reality without turning to alcohol
What is smoking?
The minority that faced the most fire and the most hate from the country as a whole?
What is Asian American?
Gruesome sexual fantasies and misogynistic stereotypes
What is the way women were imagined?
Parties that drastically grew in popularity in the 90s in the United States after being popular in the UK
What are raves?
A merged word that means to be fun, excited or full of energy
What is "crunk"?