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Section 8: Modern America Page 8 - 35 and 8 - 36 Decade: 1990s The Cold War Ends |
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1.
St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. It is one of the most most
photographed
landmarks in Russia, not least because of the contrast it offers to the
dreary architecture of the Soviet era.
2.
A woman police officer on duty. Crime remained a big concern of
this
decade, especially in urban areas.
3.
A school bus picking up children. The growing diversity of
America
in these years was a special challenge to the nation's schools.
Big
city school districts had to manage instruction of children from dozens
of language backgrounds.
4.
Bill Clinton, president during most of the 1990s. He tried to
steer
a generally moderate course between the most liberal Democrats in his
own
party and the more conservative Republicans. 
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