US History Unit 8 Time Period #4 1990-1995
1990 Iraq invades Kuwait and seizes oil assets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9zIVJ_coig East and West Germany are reunited. The Cold War is officially ended as the U.S. and USSR negotiate arms accords. Youtube 2:56
1991 Youtube – 5:01 The U.S. and allies win the Persian Gulf War against Iraq, but stop short of invading Baghdad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2TQ8a4LK3A
1992 Bill Clinton is elected president of the United States. Youtube – 6:26 Bill Clinton is elected president of the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_1oZCdWo4w
1992 Rodney King is videotaped being beaten by police. Los Angeles erupts in riots after all four police officers are acquitted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9C51OawLFA Youtube -3:37
1993 The World Trade Center is bombed. Terrorists drove a Ryder truck filled with explosives and detonated them in the parking structure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhZFtoazl7A Youtube – 1:38 Facts: The explosion created a hole 200 feet by 100 feet, several stories deep. It caused the PATH station ceiling to collapse. The 1,200 lb bomb was in a Ryder truck parked in a parking garage beneath the World Trade Center. An estimated 50,000 people were evacuated. Ramzi Yousef directed the organization and execution of the bombing. He said he did it to avenge the sufferings Palestinian people had endured at the hands of U.S.-aided Israel. Most received Life in Prison sentences
1993 David Koresh and the Branch Davidians Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJONgIWWOFQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3B7iWE1PrA FBI takes over 50 day siege Fire kills 72 religious cult members Youtube – 1:18 Youtube – 3:09
1993 NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Act, becomes law. Battle of Mogadishu – 18 soldiers killed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnV6wM-vd9s Youtube -2:29 – Movie trailer of Black Hawk Down
1994 Rwanda Genocide: An estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed during the approximately 100-day period https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqJr46_yUH8 Youtube – 4:47
1994 Football star O. J. Simpson is arrested for the killings of his wife and her friend Ronald Goldman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI2Xcx8bNnE O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of murdering his wife and friend. Youtube – 2:32
1995 Timothy McVeigh bombs the Oklahoma City federal building in retaliation for the Branch Davidian standoff in 1993. He's caught and put on trial for murder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z53iTIBTdpk Youtube – 3:53
Remembering the 90s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lfaiXM6waw Youtube – 1:30