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
NAFTA
Telecommunications
Somalia and Rwanda
Internet marketing
Kosovo
Cell phones
Economic prosperity under Clinton
Creating a budget surplus
The Internet and the World Wide Web
The Brady Bill
Apple
Digital divide
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Microsoft
Event
Significance
The significance of e-mail during the 1990s and beyond was the way friends and families stayed in contact with each other across huge distances. It also inspired new network relationships as the society made new pen pals with different cultures from far away countries.
NAFTA
During 1994, NAFTA created the world's largest free trade area, which now links 444 million people producing $17 trillion worth of goods and services. NAFTA affects the economies of the United States, Mexico and Canada, especially when it comes to their imports and exports of all types.
Kosovo
It was an armed combat war that was assaulted by the strength ofthe Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and NATO which lasted from February 28, 1998 until June 11, 1999. The KLA begin in 1991, and held its initial campaign in 1995 where then begun focusing on the law enforcement in Kosovo.
Cell phones
During the 1990s cell phones was used to keep in touch with family and friends. Cell phones were also slandered for causing a large number of accidents by taking the drivers main focus off the road. It was also a way for parents to keep tabs on their children throughout the day.
The Internet and the World Wide Web
During the 1990s, the Internet remained largely the province of specialists, including defense personnel and scientists. The creation of browsers, or software that provided a convenient graphical interface between user and machine, revolutionized the