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A political machine is a party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives—money, political jobs—and that is characterized by a high degree of leadership control over member activity. Political machines started as grass roots organizations to gain the patronage needed to win the modern election. Having strong ...
1994 — The United States hosts the FIFA World Cup, which is won by Brazil. 1995 — Oklahoma City bombing kills 168 and wounds 800. The bombing is the worst domestic terrorist incident in U.S. history, and the investigation results in the arrests of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
Pages in category "Political machines in the United States" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German reunification in 1990, with the democratic West absorbing the ex-Communist East. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, replaced by a friendly Russia and 14 other countries. Except for Tiananmen Square in China, all the events strongly favored the United States. Bush took the initiative in the invasion of Panama and the START treaties.
This glossary of American politics defines terms and phrases used in politics in the United States.The list includes terms specific to U.S. political systems (at both national and sub-national levels), as well as concepts and ideologies that occur in other political systems but which nonetheless are frequently encountered in American politics.
View history; Tools. Tools. ... This category is for politics in the United States in the decade 1990s. 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; ... 1990s American political ...
In 1980, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. [58] In 2021, Kamala Harris became the first female Vice President of the United States. The sexual revolution began in the 1960s and led to a general societal acceptance of premarital sex. [59] The Supreme Court ruling in Eisenstadt v.
Government agencies established in the 1990s (11 C, 1 P) Political parties disestablished in the 1990s (10 C, 8 P) Political parties established in the 1990s (10 C, 5 P)