What Explains the Rash Ofviolence Directed Toward Government Entities in America

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Essay

What explains the rash ofviolence directed toward government entities in America in the 1990s? How were such extreme actions connected to the general disillusionment with government, politics, and political leaders? How did the general disillusionment with government in the 1990s affect the political fortunes of President Clinton and the Republicans in the 1990s?

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Definitions:

Eyewitness Testimony

The account a bystander or victim gives in court, detailing what that person observed during the occurrence of a specific event.

Human Memory

The cognitive process that allows individuals to encode, store, and retrieve information over time.

Accuracy

describes the closeness of measurements, observations, or assessments to the true value or standard.

Hippocampal Region

A part of the limbic system, which includes the hippocampus itself and the underlying cortical areas, involved in the formation of semantic memories.