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40 Cards in this Set
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George HW Bush
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forty first president; successes abroad overshadowed by a mixed record at home
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Opening of Berlin Wall (1989)
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the soviet union collapses and the berlin wall is torn apart as German's celebrate their reuniting since 1945
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Nukes in USSR
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US began to keep careful track of the thousands of nukes that were now split between the countries that made up the USSR
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US Invasion of Panama
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Bush invades Panama to capture Manuel Noriega who was convicted of drug trafficking
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Nelson Mandela
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civil rights activist in south africa who was released from prison in 1990 and then was elected president of south africa
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Tiananmen Square China
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Chinese troops brutally crush a pro-democracy demonstration killing several hundred unarmed students and workers
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Clear Plan w/ Kuwait
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Bush tried to avoid the Vietnam problem by entering Kuwait with a clear plan and sticking to it
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Persian Gulf War
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a US led coalition army ousted Saddam Husseins's Iraq army from Kuwait in 1991; some urged Bush to finish Saddam off but Bush thought that would lead to another Vietnam
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Collapse of the S&L
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the savings and loan industry collapsed which caused a lot of people to lose their life savings
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Auto Industry under Bush
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the auto industry suffered greatly as people began buying Japanese cars instead of American cars
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Rodney King (1992)
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King was beaten to a pulp by four police officers during a pullover for no reason
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Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)
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barred discrimination against disabled persons in hiring and education
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Environmental Protection Agency (1991)
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beginning of global warming movement
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Clean Air Act (1990)
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government regulation of carbon emissions to prevent the deterioration of the ozone layer
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Clarence Thomas
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ultraconservative Bush appointee to the Supreme Court, challenged on grounds of alleged sexual harassment
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Planned parenthood v. Casey
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affirmed the Roe. v Wade but upheld a PEnn. law restricting abortion rights to a 24hour waiting period
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Albert Gore, Jr.
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Tennessee senator and noted expert on environmental issues who served as Clinton's vice president
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H. Ross Perot
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Texas billionaire who ran for president as third party candidate
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Bill Clinton
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42nd president; controversial 2 term presidency marked by a surging economy at home
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Madeleine K. Albright
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Clinton's secretary of state; then the highest government office ever by a woman
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"Don't Ask, don't tell"
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way to get around the homosexuality issue in the military
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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agreement to create a free trade community including the US, Canada, and Mexicon
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Crime and Welfare Reform
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ban on assault weapons; required the able to work; job training and childcare; forced absent fathers to support their offspring
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Rush Limbaugh
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won fans for his jeering attacks on liberals
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Christian Coalition
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conservative evangelical lobbying group with growing influence over Republican party in 1990s
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Newt Gingrich
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republican congressman from Georgia who helped bring his party to power; elected Speaker in 1994
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Welfare Reform Act of 1996
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Clinton joined Republicans to end AFDC and move thousands off of welfare
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Enter the Personal Computer
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more job opportunities and more businesses opening up
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AOL buys Time-Warner
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$182 billion; first huge IT deal
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Globalization
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the removal of barriers to flow of capital, goods, and ideas across national borders
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Bosnian Ethnic Cleansing (1991-2)
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Bosnian Serbs were slaughtering Muslims
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Kosovo
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province of former Yugoslavia victimized by a Serbian ethnic-cleansing campaign
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START 2
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focused on the safe disposal of nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union
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Non-Proliferation Treaty
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made between the middle eastern countries to limit the number of nukes; India and Pakistan didn't sign and went on to test their own nukes
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Somalia
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"Blackhawk Down"
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Osama Bin Laden
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radical Islamic terrorist who masterminded murderous attacks against US military and civilians
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States Sue Tobacco Industry
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states try to sue the tobacco industry for $368 billion to limit the amount of advertising towards young people
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Monica Lewinsky
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white house intern whose brief liaison with Bill Clinton was discovered by Whitewater investigators
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Kenneth Starr
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tried to impeach Clinton for the sex scandals; made the Republicans look bad
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George W Bush
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43rd president; promised to restore dignity to the white house
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