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30 Cards in this Set
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George Herbert Walker Bush
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Held posts as emissary to China, Ambassador to UN , Director of CIA, VP, Pres in 1988
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Boris Yeltsin
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Pres of Russian Republic
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Mikhail Gorachev
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Glas Nost and Perestrokia to preserve communism, went out of control
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Nelson Mandela
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freed after 27 years in prison for plotting to overrule govern in S africa 1990
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Manuel Noriega
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drug lord/dictator of Panama, US airborne troops sent bu Bush to overthrow him
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Tiananmen Square
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1989 , china crushed peaceful demonstration with tanks, machine guns
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Berlin Wall
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Fell as symbol of end of Cold War divided Germany Nov. 9 1989
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Russian Caucasus
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Chechnyen minority tried to declare indepence form russia, ethnic wat
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Nicaragua
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Free elections in Feb 1990 removed leftist Saninista
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Saddam Hussein
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Aug, 2 1990 sent armies to overrun Kuwait
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George Herbert Walker Bush
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Held posts as emissary to China, Ambassador to UN , Director of CIA, VP, Pres in 1988
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Boris Yeltsin
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Pres of Russian Republic
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Mikhail Gorachev
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Glas Nost and Perestrokia to preserve communism, went out of control
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Nelson Mandela
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freed after 27 years in prison for plotting to overrule govern in S africa 1990
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Manuel Noriega
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drug lord/dictator of Panama, US airborne troops sent bu Bush to overthrow him
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Tiananmen Square
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1989 , china crushed peaceful demonstration with tanks, machine guns
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Berlin Wall
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Fell as symbol of end of Cold War divided Germany Nov. 9 1989
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Russian Caucasus
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Chechnyen minority tried to declare indepence form russia, ethnic wat
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Nicaragua
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Free elections in Feb 1990 removed leftist Saninista
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Saddam Hussein
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Aug, 2 1990 sent armies to overrun Kuwait
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U.N security
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Unanimously condemned Saddam's attack demanded immediate unconditional withdrawl
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Operation Desert Shield
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to defend Saudi Arabia for Iraqi advancement
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Operation Desert Storm
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Fb.23 land war against Iraq 4 days
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scud
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short range ballistic misslies lauched by iraq military against Saudi Arabia and Israel
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"Stromin Norman" chwartzkopf
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Blunt American General took nothing for granted
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Department of Education
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Challenged of scholarships targeted for racial minorities
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Civil Rights bill 1991
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Bush accepeted watered down bill
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Claence Thomas
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Conservative African American Supreme Court Justice -nominated by Bush
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Anuta Hill
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Law Professor of U of Oklahoma, Claimed Clarence Thomas Harassed her
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Thurgood Marchall
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Retired Court Justice, champion of civiL Rights , Thomas took seat
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