The 1990s

How 90s are you?1. Were not born in the 90s.2. Did not own Beanie Babies or a Furby.3. Did not listen to Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, or Britney Spears.4. Did not watch cartoons like Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Rocket

Power, Recess, or Doug. 5. Did not watch Home Alone or The Titanic.6. Did not watch DVDs.7. Did not play with a Gameboy.8. Did not use the computer. 9. Did not watch Boy Meets World, Full House, or Saved By the

Bell.10. Did not watch sports such as hockey, football, or baseball.

Events of the 90s Persian Gulf WarCause: Iraq’s annexation and

invasion of Kuwait. In response, the U.S. and 38 other countries fought

Iraq in this war. (“Operation Desert Storm”) Started Jan. 17th, 1991 and ended Feb. 28th, 1991. This was also when Iraq was defeated and the U.S.,

along with it’s allies, won. Clinton admin-produced 1st federal budget surplus

since 1969-decrease in public debt Clinton: “Don’t ask, Don’t Tell”, Defensive Marriage

Act, and decreased welfare programs

Fads Line Dances (Macarena & Cha Cha Slide) WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) Oprah’s Book Club Tamagotchi Pokémon Push-Pops Tae Bo Chat Rooms Furby

What’s Hot, What’s Not

Used to make a statement about current events or the pop-culture.

Referred to as the “decade of anti-fashion” loss of vibrant 80s more simplistic designs, colors, patterns extremely casual (result of ‘casual Fridays’)

Industry: tough, competitive and earning billions Trendsetters = Generation X (the Xers) Styles included preppie, grunge, and goth. Popular retail stores were Abercrombie & Fitch, J. Crew,

American Eagle, and Gap.

Top 10 Names of the 90’s Girl Names

1. Jessica2. Ashley3. Emily4. Sarah5. Samantha6. Amanda7. Brittany8. Elizabeth9. Taylor10. Megan

Boys Names1. Michael2. Christopher3. Matthew4. Joshua5. Jacob6. Nicholas7. Andrew8. Daniel9. Tyler10. Joseph

Agassi Jordan

Ali

Bird

Irvin

Bryant

O’Neil

JohnsonBonds

Gretzky Sampras

Sir Charles

BeckhamArmstrong

Sports

Popular Movies of the 90’s

Titanic Goodfellas Forest Gump Schindler’s List Fight Club The Matrix Saving Private Ryan Braveheart The Lion King Toy Story Clueless Good Will Hunting

Beauty and the Beast Independence Day Jurassic Park Men in Black Armageddon Ghost Aladdin Mission Impossible Home Alone The Fugitive Twister Mrs.Doubtfire

Fashion for Women Formal:

long, black dresses earthy / neutral tones business suits

Casual: oversized sweater stir-up jeans denim lace blouses flared jeans turtlenecks wedge shoes

Hairstyles: pixie cut that was straight, smooth

Fashion for Men Formal:

considered out-of-style to wear suits

dressed ‘smart-casual’ Casual:

flannel khaki slacks converses black leather jackets graphic print t-shirts overalls

Hairstyles: bowl-cut spiky hair surfer hair (long) flattop

The preppy style was more popular among men.

Television

Started airing shows and cartoons with more adult humor 

TV ratings and parental controls had been put into use

TVG, TVY7, TVMA

Kid’s Shows Bill Nye the Science

Guy (1993) Boy Meets World

(1993) Goosebumps (1995) Bob the Builder

(1996)  Blue's Clues (1996) Sabrina the Teenage

Witch (1996) Dragon Tales (1999) Spongebob

Squarepants (1999)

Popular Shows The Simpsons

(1989) Seinfeld (1989) Beavis and

Butthead (1992) Frasier (1993) Friends (1994) 7th Heaven (1996) King of the Hill

(1997) South Park (1997) Futurama (1999) 

New Technology Cell Phones and internet=big boom in economy. Changes how businesses work Cell phones, email, text messages

Instant communication Information technologies allowed for quicker

delivery times

Technology Impact: Globalization

Nations have also become connected to one another through Globalization

Globalization affects trade and the relations with other nations

This has greatly affected the US specifically with our trade relationship with China

Other Inventions & Discoveries

VHS movies changed to DVD disks MP3’s paved the way for future devices (IPods) GPS Digital Cameras Instant Messaging (AIM, MSN) Hubble Space Telescope (revolutionized astronomy) Extra solar Planets detected Internet businesses (Amazon, EBay, Google, Yahoo, etc.) PDA’s DVR Home Gaming Consoles with 3D graphics Game cartridges converted to CDs First Hybrid Car (1997) DNA identification found wide application in Criminal Law

Music: Popular Genres

Dance-Pop Teen Pop Industrial Rock Grunge Alternative Britpop Electronica Techno and House Hip Hop Gangsta Rap

Emergence of Gangsta Rap

Evolved from hardcore hip hop and its main culture behind it reflects urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths

Lyrics vary from accurate reflections to fictionalized accounts

Pioneered in the late 80s by Schooly D and Ice-T, but it became popular in the early 90s by N.W.A.

Some rappers connected to gangs.Controversial attention by promoting violence,

crime, profanity, sex, homophobia, racism, promiscuity, misogyny, rape, street gangs, drug-dealing and abuse of narcotics and alcohol.

Popular Gangsta Rap Artists Dr. Dre Ice Cube Eazy-E Run DMC Public Enemy Tupac Shakur Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls) Snoop Dogg Wu Tang Clan Cam’ron (KillaCam) Mase

and many others…

Other Popular Artists Britney Spears NSYNC Backstreet Boys Aaron Carter Nirvana Pearl Jam Radiohead Green Day Beastie Boys Red Hot Chili Peppers Spice Girls LL Cool J Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Dave Matthews Band TLC Destiny’s Child