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Inventions
Values
Politics
Economics
Leisures
100
Who created HTML and HTTP?
Tim Berners-Lee
100
How many jobs where added a year in the 90's?
1.7 million
100
Who was the president for the majority of the 1990's?
Bill Clinton
100
What is the free trade policy that was enacted in the 1990's?
NAFTA
100
What did they do to video games to make them more addictive?
They made them 3D.
200
When did research for the internet first begin?
1962
200
To what percent did the unemployment rate drop?
4%
200
Who was the president from 1989 until 1993?
George W. Bush
200
As the decade progressed, what began to happen with the economy?
The economy became more stable.
200
What was changed in theaters to make them fit more people?
More rooms were added and the screen size was decreased.
300
What expansion did cable and satellite make for TV?
They provided viewers with many more choices of programming and channels.
300
What was the generation that grew up in the 90's?
Generation X
300
What is centrism?
A policy in which a leader attempts to please both political parties by appealing to both of their views.
300
What occurred near the beginning of the 1990's economically?
An economic recession
300
How was music made more interesting.
More genres were created.
400
What kind of engine was used in automobiles before the fuel-celled engine?
A combustion engine.
400
The U.S department of Labor created what to eliminate barriers blocking women from the workforce?
The glass ceiling commission
400
Who was blamed for the economic recession in the early 1990's?
George W Bush
400
What was a positive effect of the economic boom in the mid 1990's?
The raise of the minimum wage, creation of NAFTA
400
What two areas explode in during the 90s?
Rap and Country.
500
What substance made out of corn could the new fuel-celled engine run on?
Ethanol.
500
List three examples of what almost everyone had by the end of the 90's?
browsers, search engines, digital cellphone networks, fully 3-D games, or powerful laaptops
500
What did Bill Clinton do to try to improve the economy?
Make small changes in governmental policies
500
What was a major reason that George W Bush was not re elected?
The people blamed him for the early 1990's recession
500
What new leisures were picked up in the 90s?
3D video games, new genres of music and more TV channels.