Primary Source Documents
bullet The 1980s and 1990s Video Almanac List  (CNN)
bullet The 1990s
bullet 1990s Ads
bullet 1990s Famous Court Cases (Court TV site)
bullet The 1992 Presidential Campaign (American Museum of Moving Images)
bullet 1992 Presidential Election Statistics
bullet The 1996 Presidential Campaign (American Museum of Moving Images)
bullet 1996 Presidential Election Links
bullet 1996 Presidential Election Statistics
bullet The 1980s and 1990s on CNN - chronology of key events with video clips
bullet Affirmative Action and Diversity Project
bullet America's War--Operation Desert Storm
bullet American Cultural History:  1990-1999
bullet Barbara Pierce Bush
bullet Bill Clinton (Time Magazine Newsfile)
bullet The Bosnia Home Page
bullet The Bush Presidency - popularity chart
bullet Chronology of the Equal Rights Amendment:  1923-1996
bullet Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism:  1830-end
bullet Civil Rights Movement (Spartacus)
bullet "Clinton Accused" - impeachment coverage in The Washington Post
bullet The Clinton Legacy (The New York Times)
bullet The Clinton Presidential Center
bullet The Clinton Years:  1993-2001 (BBC)
bullet The Clinton Years (MSNBC)
bullet The Clinton Years (Washington Post)
bullet The Clinton Years In-Depth (CNN)
bullet Columbine shooting report (CNN)
bullet Committee on the Judiciary (U.S. House of Representatives) - links to major impeachment documents
bullet Conservation Movement Timeline:  1980s-1990s
bullet Crisis in the Gulf: 1999 - Texts & Transcripts (BBC)
bullet Desert-Storm.com
bullet Executive Orders - President Clinton
bullet A Feminist Writes on the Anita Hill Conflict
bullet Focus on Kosovo (CNN)
bullet The Fog of War:  The 1991 Air Battle for Baghdad (Washington Post)
bullet George Herbert Walker Bush (1) - PBS Series on the American Presidency
bullet George Herbert Walker Bush (2) - POTUS site
bullet George Herbert Walker Bush Presidential Library and Museum
bullet George W. Bush - American Presidents:  Life Portraits (CNN)
bullet The Gulf War (Frontline-PBS)
bullet The Gulf War (1)
bullet The Gulf War (2)
bullet Gulf War Timeline
bullet Gun Control:  The Second Amendment (GunCite.com)
bullet Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
bullet The Impeachment Process:  1998
bullet Impeachment:  The Process and History -- focus on President Clinton's impeachment (NY Times Learning Network)
bullet The Impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton - all the key documents are here (Univ. of MI)
bullet Key Documents Related to the Investigation of President Clinton (CNN)
bullet Kosovo:  A Bitter Struggle in a Land of Strife (NY Times Special)
bullet Los Angeles Times 5-Part Series on Cesar Chavez (2000)
bullet "Lines in the Sand" - Herblock's political cartoons on important issues of the 1990s
bullet Major Events in:  1990    1991    1992    1993    1994    1995    1996    1997    1998   1999
bullet Map-->"Bosnian War Atrocities"
bullet Map-->"Iraqi No-Fly Zone"
bullet Map-->"Wars and Atrocities in the Fourth Quarter of the 20c:  1975-2000"
bullet Military Women in Bosnia and Beyond
bullet Modern American Art
bullet NOW statements on Paula Jones v. William Jefferson Clinton
bullet NuclearFiles.org - many documents
bullet The O. J. Simpson Trial, 1995
bullet Oklahoma City Bombing Resources (About.com)
bullet Oklahoma City Tragedy (CNN)
bullet The Origin of a Browser (Netscape Museum)
bullet Papers of President William J. Clinton (Avalon Project)
bullet Persian Gulf War 1991 TV News Collection
bullet PoliticalCartoons.com - current cartoons by major cartoonist
bullet The President on Trial (Time Magazine extra)
bullet Presidential Impeachment Proceedings - Bill Clinton
bullet The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States - Bill Clinton
bullet Reagan Versus Clinton - statistical comparisons
bullet Riots and Rebellion- Civil Rights, Police Reform and the Rodney King Beating
bullet Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots of 1992
bullet Roe v. Wade 25 Years Later (CNN)
bullet "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" - Herblock's political cartoons on the Key Issues of the 1990s
bullet The State of the World's Children: 1999 (UNICEF)
bullet Ted Kaczynski--The Unabomber
bullet Terror in Dhahran: Saudi Bomb Blast (CNN)
bullet Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing
bullet Security Archive Briefing Book on the U. S. and Genocide in Rwanda (1994) - National Security Archives
bullet The Two Nations of Black America (Frontline)
bullet The U. S.-China Summit (CNN)
bullet Vice President Al Gore's Speeches (NARA)
bullet Waco, Texas Stand-off (The American Experience)
bullet War in Europe- Kosovo (Frontline)
bullet William Jefferson Clinton (1) - PBS Series on the American Presidency
bullet William Jefferson Clinton (2) - POTUS site

 
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bullet 1990:  1990 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1990:  Americans with Disabilities Act
bullet 1990:  "Choices and Change" - speech by Barbara Bush, former First Lady (6/1) at Wellesley College, MA
bullet 1990:  Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health -- issue of the right to "pull the plug" on a terminal patient
bullet 1990:  Immigration Act of 1990 (11/29)
bullet 1990:  National Security Directive 45 - "U.S. Policy in Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait" (8/20)
bullet 1990:  Oil Pollution Act
bullet 1990:  Pollution Prevention Act
bullet 1990:  Speech at the Westminster College Cold War memorial  - President Reagan
bullet 1990:  The United States v. Eichman (flag burning issue)
bullet 1990:  Westside Community Schools v. Mergens
bullet 1990s?:  "We Must Take America Back!" - song lyrics by Steve Vaus
bullet 1991:  1991 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1991:  The Civil Rights Act of 1991
bullet 1991:  The Clarence Thomas Hearings
bullet 1991:  National Security Directive 54 - "Responding to Iraqi Aggression in the Gulf" (1/15)
bullet 1991:  Opening Statement: Sexual Harrassment Hearings Concerning Judge Clarence Thomas - Anita Hill, former Law Professor at the University of Oklahoma (10/11)
bullet 1991:  President Bush announces the U.S. Attack on Iraq (1/16)
bullet 1991:  TIME Magazine's 'Men of the Year' for 1990 -  "The Two George Bushes" (1/7 issue)
bullet 1992:  1992 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1992:  27th. Amendment to the U. S. Constitution
bullet 1992:  Anti-Abortion Protesters - photo
bullet 1992:  Patrick J. Buchanan's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas (8/17)
bullet 1992:  "Clinton Captures presidency with Huge Electoral Margin; Wins a Democratic Congress" - The New York Times - front page and text
bullet 1992:  First Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate, First Half of Debate (10/11)
bullet 1992:  First Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate, Second Half of Debate (10/11)
bullet 1992:  Following Up the Earth Summit - speech by Senator Al Gore
bullet 1992:  Gore-Quayle-Stockdale Vice Presidential Debate (10/13)
bullet 1992:  "Leaders-2" - Clinton/Gore campaign TV ad
bullet 1992:  Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey
bullet 1992:  R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul -- issue of the government regulation of fighting words and hate speech
bullet 1992:  Second Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate, First Half of Debate (10/15)
bullet 1992:  Second Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate, Second Half of Debate (10/15)
bullet 1992:  Third Clinton-Bush-Perot Presidential Debate (10/19)
bullet 1992:  TIME Magazine's 'Man of the Year' for 1991 -  "Ted Turner:  Prince of the Global Village" (1/6 issue)
bullet 1992:  "A Whisper Of AIDS" - address to the Republican National Convention in Houston, TX by Mary Fisher, AIDS Activist (8/19)
bullet 1993:  1993 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1993:  "Clinton Ponders New Tobacco Taxes to Finance Health Care" - John Fairhall in The Baltimore Sun (2/26)
bullet 1993:  Family Medical Leave Act - Part I     Part II
bullet 1993:  Final Report of the Independent Counsel, Lawrence E. Walsh for Iran-Contra Matters - Volume I:  Investigations and Prosecutions (8/4)
bullet 1993:  First Inaugural Address of William J. Clinton (1/20)
bullet 1993:  "The First Postmodern Presidency" - Steven Stark in The Atlantic Monthly (April)
bullet 1993:  "From Containment to Enlargement" - speech by Anthony Lake, Johns Hopkins University (9/21)
bullet 1993:  Harris v. Forklift
bullet 1993:  Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the fourth UN World Conference on Women, Beijing, China (9/5)
bullet 1993:  The National Voter Registration Act
bullet 1993:  Nobel Lecture - Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize in Literature, Stockholm, Sweden (12/8)
bullet 1993:  "On The Pulse Of Morning" - by Maya Angelou written for and delivered at Bill Clinton's First Inauguration
bullet 1993:  Religious Freedom Restoration Act
bullet 1993:  "Storm Gathers over Debate on Clinton Health Care Plan" - Spencer Rich in The Washington Post (9/24)
bullet 1993:  TIME Magazine's 'Man of the Year' for 1992 -  "William J. Clinton:  The Torch is Passed" (1/4 issue)
bullet 1993:  Wisconsin v. Mitchell -- issue of racially-motivated assaults
bullet 1994:  1994 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1994:  Announcement of Alzheimer's Disease - President Reagan (11/5)
bullet 1994:  Brady Bill
bullet 1994:  Contract With America
bullet 1994:  “Equal Rights Are Not Special” - Advocates Call for an End to Anti-Gay Employment Discrimination
bullet 1994:  Excerpt from the book, Telling the Truth: Why our culture and our country have stopped making sense--and what we can do about it - Lynn Cheney
bullet 1994:  Excerpts From the Iran-Contra Report: A Secret Foreign Policy - from the final report by Lawrence E. Walsh
bullet 1994:  Madsen v Women's Health Center -- issue of the regulation of time, place, and manner in the public forum
bullet 1994:  Remarks Vice President Al Gore to the Television Academy at Royce Hall, UCLA Los Angeles, California (1/11)
bullet 1994:  "Why Health Care Reform Died" - Michael Rothschild in The Wall Street Journal (9/22)
bullet 1995:  1995 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1995:  Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment
bullet 1995:  "The Case for the U.S. in the UN" - Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott (10/3)
bullet 1995:  Dayton Peace Accords - multiple documents
bullet 1995:  "Front Confrontation to Cooperation" - speech by the Chairman of the Christian Coalition, Ralph Reed (4/3)
bullet 1995:  Immigration Reform Act of 1995
bullet 1995:  Immigration Reduction Act
bullet 1995:  The Million Man March Pledge
bullet 1995:  Office of Government Ethics
bullet 1995:  President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky in the White House - photo
bullet 1995:  "Religious Expression in the Public Schools" - speech by Sec. of Education Richard Riley
bullet 1995:  Rosenberger v. University of Virginia -- issue of student-initiated religious speech
bullet 1995:  President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky in the White House (photo)
bullet 1995:  "Second Thoughts on the Information Highway" - Clifford Stoll
bullet 1995:  Speech at James Madison High School, Vienna, Va., on Religious Liberty in America - President CLinton
bullet 1995:  TIME Magazine's 'Man of the Year' for 1995 -  "Newt Gingrich" (12/28 issue)
bullet 1995:  Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
bullet 1995:  U.S. Department of State Bosnia Fact Sheet: Chronology of the Balkan Conflict (12/6)
bullet 1995:  U.S. District Court decision strikes down portions of California's Proposition 187, which would have denied certain public services from undocumented immigrants
bullet 1995:  Vernonia vs. Acton -- issue of student searches
bullet 1995:  "Where We Go From Here" - Newt Gingrich
bullet 1995:  "Women's Rights Are Human Rights" - speech by Hillary Rodham Clinton in Beijing, China (9/5)
bullet 1995:  "Words to Break the Silence and Then to Act" - speech by Hillary Rodham Clinton in Beijing, China (9/6)
bullet 1996:  1996 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1996:  "American Eagle or Ostrich- U.S. Leadership in the Post-Cold War World" - speech by Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbot (3/6)
bullet 1996:  Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
bullet 1996:  The California Civil Rights Initiative
bullet 1996:  Communications Decency Act
bullet 1996:  Defense of Marriage Act
bullet 1996:  Democratic Presidential Convention Speeches
bullet 1996:  "The Era of Big Government is Over" speech - Bill Clinton
bullet 1996:  First Clinton-Dole Presidential Debate (10/6)
bullet 1996:  Gore-Kemp Vice Presidential Debate (10/9)
bullet 1996:  Helms-Burton Act
bullet 1996:  "Next Century" - Clinton campaign TV ad
bullet 1996:  Republican Presidential Convention Speeches
bullet 1996:  "The Republican Tax Cut Plan: Its Direct Impact On Women And Families" - speech by Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn
bullet 1996:  Second Clinton-Dole Presidential Debate (10/16)
bullet 1996:  "Support for Democracy and the U.S. National Interest" - speech by Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbot (3/1)
bullet 1996:  Sweatshops are the Workers' Friend- And Labor Activists Their Enemies--According to the New York Times
bullet 1996:  Telecommunications Act
bullet 1996:  TIME Magazine's 'Man of the Year' for 1996 -  "Dr. David Ho:  Turning the Tide Against AIDS" (12/30/96-1/6/97 issue)
bullet 1996:  United States v. Virginia -- issue of the coed-ization of V. M. I.
bullet 1996:  "What the GOP has done for Women" - speech given many times on the presidential campaign trail by Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn to deal with the problem of the Republican Party and the "gender gap"
bullet 1997:  1997 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1997:  "Building a New Consensus on China" - remarks by Samuel R. Berger (6/6)
bullet 1997:  Child Labor Amendment
bullet 1997:  Clinton v. Jones
bullet 1997:  Clinton Statement on Race Relations
bullet 1997:  Country of Origin and Year of Entry into the U.S. - immigration status from U. S. Census
bullet 1997:  Printz v. U. S. - Brady Handgun-Control Law Supreme Court Ruling
bullet 1997:  "Reaganomics:  What Worked?  What Didn't?" - Larry Kudlow
bullet 1997:  Reform Party Platform - adopted 11/2/97 at the Reform Party Founding Convention, Kansas City, Missouri
Amended: 10/11/98 (Atlanta) and 7/23/1999 (Dearborn)
bullet 1997:  Proposition 218 (California's "Right to Vote on Taxes Act")
bullet 1997:  Reno v ACLU -- issue of content regulation on the internet
bullet 1997:  Second Inaugural Address of William J. Clinton
bullet 1997:  TIME Magazine's 'Man of the Year' for 1997 -  "Andy Grove:  Digital Revolutionary" (12/29/97-1/5/98 issue)
bullet 1997:  Washington v. Glucksberg - issue of the right to die
bullet 1997:  "The Worst Thing that Bill Clinton Has Done" - Peter Edelman in The Atlantic Monthly (March)
bullet 1998:  1998 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1998:  Agricultural Adjustment Act
bullet 1998:  Child Care Announcement - Vice President Gore
bullet 1998:  Clinton White House Response to Starr's Report on the President's Relationship with Monica Lewsinksy
bullet 1998:  The Creation of the Cyberghetto - From Frederick C. McKissock, Jr. "Cyberghetto: Blacks are Falling Through the Net," The Progressive. 62:6 (1998). 20-22
bullet 1998:  "Declaration of Sentiments of the National Organization for Women" (7/12)
bullet 1998:  "I Am a Man, a Black Man, an American" - Justice Clarence Thomas (7/29)
bullet 1998:  Independent Counsel's Report to the United States House of Representatives - various documents
bullet 1998:  "Map Room" speech by President Clinton on his "personal troubles" (8/17)
bullet 1998:  Nat'l Endowment for the Arts v. Finley -- issue of the use of government dollars to favor or disfavor speech based on its content
bullet 1998:  The Panama Canal Treaty Implementation
bullet 1998:  A Resignation in the House - Speaker-Elect Bob Livingston
bullet 1998:  The Starr Report
bullet 1998:  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas defends his conservatism, Memphis, TN (7/28)
bullet 1998:  TIME Magazine's 'Persons of the Year' for 1998 -  "President Clinton and Kenneth Starr"
bullet 1998:  U. N. Security Council Resolution 1160 (3/31) - Kosovo
bullet 1998:  U. N. Security Council Resolution 1199 (9/23) - Kosovo
bullet 1998:  "Why I Am a Member of This Party" - Ken Burns (3/6)
bullet 1999:  1999 Economic Statistics - Economy & Prices
bullet 1999:  Alden, et. al. v. Maine
bullet 1999:  Amended Constitution of the AFL-CIO
bullet 1999:  Campbell v. Clinton
bullet 1999:  Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and novelist, speaks on "the perils of indifference," Washington, D.C. (4/22)
bullet 1999:  Governor George W. Bush, "A Distinctly American Internationalism," Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, California (11/19)
bullet 1999:  High School History Quiz sponsored by The American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a Washington-based nonprofit group
bullet 1999:  Letter by Paul Weyrich on Christian separatism (2/16)
bullet 1999:  Saenz v. Roe -- issue of the right of new state residents to equal benefits
bullet 1999:  Wilson v. Layne
bullet 2000:  Independent Counsel Robert Ray's interview with Jim Lehrer (News Hour) on the concluded Whitewater investigation (9/20)
bullet 2000:  Terence Smith discusses the Whitewater case with Michael Chertoff, counsel to the Republicans, and Richard Ben Veniste, counsel to the Democrats on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer

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