The document provides an overview of various aspects of 1990s pop culture in the United States, including music, presidents, wars, technology, and fashion. Some of the major topics covered include the rise of boy bands and pop princesses in music, the presidencies of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the Persian Gulf War, the rise of the internet and wireless technology, and the popularization of casual styles like flannel and baggy jeans in fashion. A variety of perspectives on economics, politics, and social values of the time period are also presented.

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3. Backstreet Boys: "I want it that way" (1999)
Britney Spears: "Oops i did it again" (1999)
Celine Dion: "My heart will go on" (1997)
Vanilla Ice:" Ice Ice Baby (1990)
NSYNC :" Tearin' Up My Heart" (1998)
Christina Aguilera: "Genie in a Bottle" (1999)
Teen Pop, Dance Pop, Rap, and Grunge
(Nirvana), and Hip Hop
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5. Presidents
 There were two presidents during the 90’s, George
Bush and Bill Clinton.
 President Bush oversaw the Invasion of Panama, the
Exxon Valdez oil spill, and the Break-up of the
Soviet Union.
 Clinton was the first Democrat to win a second term
in office since FDR.
 He backed the policy known as “Don’t ask, Don’t
Tell” which stated that no openly gay men could
serve in the military.

6. Scandals
 In 1992, George Bush pardoned five high ranking
government officials who were convicted during the
Iran-Contra Affair. Their trials had not even begun,
but this pardon prevented anyone from investigating
this matter any further.
 During his presidency, Bill Clinton was impeached
for perjury. He lied under oath about having sexual
relations with his intern. Despite these accusations,
Clinton was acquitted and was not removed as
President.

7. Wars
 The Persian Gulf War, secretly named Operation
Desert Storm, began in 1990.
 This war was in response to Iraq’s invasion of
Kuwait.
 The American’s were later
forced to exit the war because
they believed that Saddam
Hussein would be taken over
by a military coup de’tat

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9.  Books: The famous series of Harry Potter, written by J.K. Rowling, was a smash hit book
all over the world. The book was published on 30 June 1997. The book reached the top of
the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999, and stayed near the top of
that list for much of 1999 and 2000.
 Shows and Movies: Seinfeld, The Simpsons, Friends,
MTV, The Lion King, Star Wars Episode and Titanic.
 Dances: Macarena Cabbage Patch & Running Man

10. Toys: Tamagotchi, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Beanie Babies, and the Furbies super
soaker, in line skates
 People: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Katie Winslet, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods.

11.  Food: Kelloggs, Wendys, Hot pockets, Gushers

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13. Economy
 Long period of economic expansion.
 1996 Welfare Reform Act, signed by Bill
Clinton, greatly reduced poverty.
 People began to recover from a huge recession
in the early nineties, and after a while personal
incomes even doubled.
 Stock market boomed and productivity
increased.

14. Economy Continued…
• The employment rate started to rapidly
increase which greatly stimulated the
economy.
• The North American Free Trade Agreement
opened up trade to Canada and Mexico.

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16.  Youth expressed free sexuality, drug use, and anti-establishment.
 Expressing oneself is important to teenagers.
 Christian and other religious views have become vital to people.
 Still see family values as important as ever.
 Women were seen more as equals with men.
 Women had opportunities to work or care for the family at home.
 People of color seem to be treated equally as well.
 They still face higher unemployment and lower wages from time to time.
 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Promoted free trade with
the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
 Anti-Abortion- States have created more laws to prevent the abortion rate
from rising in the U.S.
 Anti-Immigration in California- Latino voters in California were blocked by
Republicans who agreed with Romney.
 Popular sayings were “Cool”, “Sweet”, “My bad”, “Awesome”.
 Popular slang were “Buzz kill”, “Cha-ching”, “The Bomb”, “Freak out”.

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18.  1990-The World Wide Web and Internet protocol (HTTP) and WWW language (HTML)
created by Tim Berners-Lee.
Wireless Telephones were one of the most important inventions in the 1990’s. [4] Mobel
phones were used more in people’s lives than computers, internet, or e-mail. They were
compact and convenient when it came to calling and talking to people. There were eighty-five
million users by the year 1995 world wide and the number is still growing today

19.  1995-The Java computer language invented. DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital
Video Disc) invented.
 In 1994 David Filo and Jerry Yang invented and founded the internet resource Yahoo.
Yahoo became the largest search engine in the 1990’s for searching for web content
on the World Wide Web. In 1995 Amazon.com and ebay.com were invented so
people who had a computer and the internet could shop online. Also in 1995 Toy
Story was released becoming the first computer fully animated movie. In 1998 Google
is invented.

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21. FASHION IS A GENERAL TERM FOR A POPULAR STYLE OR PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY IN
CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR, ACCESSORIES, MAKEUP, OR FURNITURE. "FASHION" REFERS
TO A DISTINCTIVE; HOWEVER, OFTEN-HABITUAL TREND IN A LOOK AND DRESS UP
OF A PERSON, AS WELL AS TO PREVAILING STYLES IN BEHAVIOR.
• Fashion in the 1990’s veered away from the luxury and glitz of the
1980’s in favor of more casual styles. In addition, businesses
relaxed their dress codes.

22.  Individuality took on new importance in the 1990’s.
 Wide diversity of people from all levels of society, which led to a mixture
of competing and complementary clothing styles.
 Simplicity: was the slogan of the fashion scene.
 The 1990s in popular culture is typically referred to as the decade of "anti-
fashion".
 Consumers were more interested in finding clothing that suited their
lifestyle.
 The 1990 had two radical changes:
• The begining of the rejection of fashion
• Beginning of the adoption of tattoos and body piercings.
 Popularization of the casual chic look, including T-shirts, jeans and tennis
shoes.

23. YOUTH STYLES:
 Raise of grunge fashion
• In favor of dark colors
• was a kind of revival of hippie fashion
• Sports appeal (baseball caps worn backward)
• Including in grunge fashion were: Doc Marten shoes and boots, high-top
sneakers, plaid flannel shirts, denim jackets and black-hooded sweatshirts.
 The preppy look made a comeback in 1997 among teenage males.
 Among girls spaghetti-strap tank tops became widely worn
 The oversized hip-hop look of baggy jeans and loose cargo pants became
popular during the decade.
• Young girls imitating pop girls band like spice girls, wearing top that
exposed the midriff.
 Hair coloring was widely popular
• Blond was a color of choice among the young
• Boys also turned to coloring their hair.

24. WOMEN’S FASHIONS:
 Power dressing, important to women in the 1980’s became softer in the
1990’s
• Exagerated shoulder pads disappeared
• Clothes in general became less constrictive
 In the early 1990’s black became the dominant color in women’s clothing
• Some shades of brown and gray did become the “new black” for a few
seasons, but black always remained in style.
• Around this time in Europe and America it was also fashionable to dress
entirely in black or wear designer clothing displaying Italian or French
labels (such as Lacoste, Yves Saint-Laurent, Armani, Gucci, or Chanel) as a
way of demonstrating one's apparent social status and wealth.
 In 1997 feminine clothes in bright colors made a comeback. (lilac, shades
of purple, reds, lime green, turquoise).
 The classic blazer remained popular just in the early 1990’s fashion.
 Skirts, which had been long for most of the decade, grew shorter by the end
of the 1990’s.

25. MEN'S FASHION
 In the early 1990s flannel became very popular and
lasted through most of the decade.
• the flannel shirts of the 1990s were padded and
loose-fitting for optimum warmth.
 Preppy clothing was popular in the US, where wealthy young men wore
khaki slacks, navy blue blazers and canvas boat shoes.
 Men also wore Converse All Stars, Acid wash denim jackets, straight-leg
jeans like Levi 501s, wool sweaters, black leather jackets, sheepskin coats,
Members Only jackets, polo shirts, white Adidas trainers and Aviator
sunglasses.
 In America hip-hop fashion went mainstream, with oversized baseball
jackets, bomber jackets, Baja Jackets, gold jewellery, baggy carpenter
jeans, tracksuits and overalls popular among young men as casual wear.
 In America suits went out of fashion as men began to dress smart-casual
and business casual, a trend started by Bill Gates of Microsoft.
 At this time it became fashionable to leave shirts untucked.

26. Tyler- Economy and Politics
Laura- Music and Inventions
Marcus- Culture
Isabella- Fashion
Ana- Entertainment

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