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People and Events
  • By Ashley Alexander

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People of the 90s
  • Rodney King a black man was beat by four white
    LAPD police officers on March 1991. While beating
    him, the officers were being video taped. Do to
    this incident people started a riot
  • The president was Bill Clinton a Democrat.
  • He increased the minimum wage, and tried to help
    people save money.

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Events of the 90s
  • The gulf war started on 1991, in Somalia Arbia.
    To go fight Sadam Huseins

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Events of the 90s
  • Some of the big issues were health care, social
    security, and gun control. (Throughout all the
    90s and its still a big issue )

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Events of the 90s
  • The world Trade center was bombed in 1993. Thats
    when terrorism came to America.

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Interviews
  • By Everyone

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Interview of the 90s
Interview of Meghan Wozniak
By Ashley Alexander
  • Who were some of the famous people in
  • the 90s?
  • -Rodney King
  • What were some of the big events that
  • happed?
  • -The gulf war was going on.
  • Who was your favorite person?
  • -Will Smith
  • What type of TV shows did they have?
  • -Basically the same as today.
  • What is different about the 90s than today?
  • -people now are really into appearance.
  • If you could pick one decade to live in would you
    have picked the 90s to live in once again?
  • -No because the 90s were kind of boring.

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My Parents
By Chase Sperry
  • What were some popular toys in the 90s?
  • -Rubix cube, Pokemon, tomogotichi, walkman
  • What were some popular clothes in the 90s?
  • -blue jeans, button collar shirt, high waist
    jeans.
  • What artists were popular in the 90s?
  • -Bon Jovi, will smith, Mariah Carey
  • What were some popular trends of the 90s?
  • - Short hair on men and the Rachel haircut.
  • Who were some important people of the 90s?
  • - Norman Swartzkauff, Colin Powell, and Bill
    Clintion

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Music
  • By Donnell Guider

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Michael Jackson
  • Michael Jackson had a great number of hits during
    the 90s. Some of his music was Black or White,
    Smooth Criminal, Billie Jean, and Beat It.
    Michael was very popular during the 90s. He made
    numerous numbers of hits during the 90s.

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Will Smith
  • Will Smith was also a great artist during the
    90,s. He had one great song called getting jiggy
    with it.

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Eminem
  • Eminem was a white male that was going through a
    lot. He for the first time in his record career
    won a Grammy for his number one hit called (My
    Name Is).

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Vanilla Ice
  • Vanilla Ice was another great male rapper. He had
    a number one single called (Ice Ice Baby). A lot
    of people said he was very similar Eminem.

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Bone Thugs N- Harmony
  • Bone Thugs was a group. In the 1990 when they
    dropped their number one single (Crossroads).
    They started to fall apart after their single.

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Popular Culture
  • By Pat Olschlager

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Pop culture of the 90s
  • The 1990s brought the fastest technological
    growth in human history.
  • PC computers become more commonplace in
    American homes. Microsoft introduces Windows 95
    making computers more user-friendly. Internet
    browsers, such as Netscape and Internet Explorer
    make surfing the world wide web much easier.
  • Doc Martin boots and sandals that were very
    popular. They cost around 100 a pair, but almost
    every teen had a pair in the late 90's.

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Pop culture of the 90s
  • Levi brand T-shirt that had "Button Your Fly"
    written in very large letters were very popular
    in the early 90s.
  • The most popular sports wear for most of the 90s
    was Nike

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Pop culture of the 90s
  • Formerly the preserve of gang members, jailbirds
    and other rebels, tattoos are now common.
  • Tommy Hilfiger clothing is very hip and in style
    with teens in the 90's

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Pop culture of the 90s
  • The Grunge trend explodes due to the success of
    grunge bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Stone
    Temple Pilots. It is characterized by wearing
    flannel shirts, torn jeans, Doc Martins,
    Converses and having long, straight hair
  • Hip-hop culture booms

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Pop culture of the 90s
  • Reality television explodes on MTV with the
    popularity of The Real World (1992-) along with
    Road Rules (1995-), Real World/Road Rules
    Challenge (1998), and Real World reunions, these
    shows remained popular throughout the 1990s.
  • Video games become more advanced and popular.
    Rivals Nintendo and Sega dominate the early 90's
    while the Sony PlayStation debuts in the latter
    part of the decade.

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Producer Chase Sperry People and
Events Ashley Alexander Interviews Everyone
Music Donnell Guider Popular Culture Pat
Olschlager
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