HIST 2112 I II III End of the Cold War a The Soviet Collapse i Authoritarianism economic inefficiency and Afghanistan 1 People were tired of living conditions 2 Builds pressure ii Poland and Solidarity iii Gorbachev 1 Must let the people let off steam 2 Start implanting parts of the free market enterprise to raise spirits 3 Allow and encourage political criticism a Explodes b Too little too late 4 Protests break out iv The Revolutions of 89 1 Romanian revolt a Dictator orders military to execute protestors b Refuse c Turn on the dictator d Him and his wife executed on live television America and the Soviet Collapse Now What a The Sole Superpower i The invasion of Panama 1989 1 Rebirth of Manifest Destiny 2 Captured the leader a Blasted him out with hair metal ii The Gulf War 1991 1 Saddam Hussein sends Iraqi troops into Kuwait to steal its oil 2 U S sends troops to liberate Kuwait Bill Clinton and Conservatism a Bush leaves the economy in ruins b Clinton s Middle Way i We re going to change welfare as we know it ii Support for global free trade little focus on poor unions etc usually Republican ideals iii Deregulates the telecommunication industry iv Attempts at universal health care Family leave Medical Act Earned income tax credit AmeriCorps v 1994 elections Clinton moves Right The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 deregulation vi Don t ask Don t tell IV V 1 Gays were discharged from the military if they were discovered 2 Clinton couldn t survive trying to completely turn this around and allow gays to be open in the military 3 Implements a don t ask don t tell policy Impeachment 1998 and the declining power of traditionalist conservatism a Investigated for a real estate deal that had gone unethical b Asked many questions during the investigation that were unrelated c Evidence emerged he had an affair with an intern i Impeached for lying under vote ii Didn t go anywhere iii Not enough votes Immigration and Multiculturalism a The fourth wave and the Rebirth of Nativism i Proposition 187 ii English only
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