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CHAPTER 37 | Triumph And Tragedy: America At The Turn Of The Century: AMERICA AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY | OVERVIEW

CHAPTER TIMELINE
1947	Invention of the transistor
1971	Invention of the microprocessor
1975	First personal computer
1991	Controversy over Clarence Thomas
1991	Disintegration of Yugoslavia
1992	Clinton elected
February 1993	Family and Medical Leave Act
February–April 1993	Siege at Waco, Texas
1993	Brady Bill passed
September 1993	Israel-PLO agreement
November 1993	NAFTA passed
1994	Kenneth Starr appointed special counsel
1994	Republican landslide
1995	Contract with America
1995	Bombing in Oklahoma City
1995	Adarand Constructors v. Peña
1996	Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
1996	Hopwood v. Texas
September 9, 1998	Starr Report
December 19, 1998	Clinton impeached
January 7–February 12, 1999	Trial of Clinton
March 1999	NATO airstrikes against Yugoslavia
November 2000	Presidential election
December 2000	Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore
2001	Market collapse and recession
June 2001	Bush tax cut
September 11, 2001	Terrorist attacks on United States
October 7, 2001	Operation Enduring Freedom began
2002	Bush Doctrine announced

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES

After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to:

Understand the demographic and technical changes affecting the nation in the 1990s.

Discuss the achievements and failures in domestic policy during the Clinton administration.

Appraise the impact of cultural and political conservatives under Presidents G. H. W. Bush, Clinton, and G. W. Bush.

Describe the economic trends in the 1990s.

Assess the foreign policies of the United States after the end of the cold war.

Analyze the controversy surrounding the election of 2000.

Explain the rise of terrorism and its impact on the United States.