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End of the 20th Century Matrix

Choose ten items from the following list and identify their significance during the 1990s and beyond:

|Earned Income Tax Credit |Economic prosperity under Clinton |
|E-mail |Creating a budget surplus |
|NAFTA |The Internet and the World Wide Web |
|Telecommunications |The Brady Bill |
|Somalia and Rwanda |Apple |
|Internet marketing |Digital divide |
|Kosovo |Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell |
|Cell phones |Microsoft |

|Event |Significance |
|Don’t ask, Don’t tell |This policy was implemented, by President Clinton to add to a prior policy which was denying admittedly gay |
| |individuals into the military. This “revised” policy allowed gay individuals the right to not disclose their|
| |preference, however, repercussions could still occur if it was discovered later. This was definitely a step |
| |in the right direction for equal rights to all, but there are still hurdles to overcome. |

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