HIST 2112I. End of the Cold Wara. The Soviet Collapsei. Authoritarianism, economic inefficiency, and Afghanistan1. People were tired of living conditions2. Builds pressureii. Poland and Solidarityiii. Gorbachev1. Must let the people let off steam2. Start implanting parts of the free market enterprise to raise spirits3. Allow and encourage political criticisma. Explodesb. Too little, too late4. Protests break outiv. The “Revolutions of ‘89”1. Romanian revolta. Dictator orders military to execute protestorsb. Refusec. Turn on the dictatord. Him and his wife executed on live televisionII. America and the Soviet Collapse – Now What?a. The Sole Superpoweri. The invasion of Panama (1989)1. Rebirth of “Manifest Destiny”2. Captured the leadera. Blasted him out with hair metalii. The Gulf War (1991)1. Saddam Hussein sends Iraqi troops into Kuwait to steal its oil2. U.S. sends troops to liberate KuwaitIII. Bill Clinton and Conservatisma. Bush leaves the economy in ruinsb. Clinton’s Middle Wayi. “We’re going to change welfare as we know it”ii. Support for global free trade, little focus on poor, unions, etc. – usually Republican idealsiii. Deregulates the telecommunication industryiv. Attempts at universal health care. Family leave Medical Act. Earned income tax credit. AmeriCorpsv. 1994 elections – Clinton moves Right: “The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,” deregulationvi. “Don’t ask. Don’t tell.”1. Gays were discharged from the military if they were discovered2. Clinton couldn’t survive trying to completely turn this around and allow gays to be open in the military3. Implements a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policyIV. Impeachment (1998) and the declining power of traditionalist conservatisma. Investigated for a real estate deal that had gone unethicalb. Asked many questions during the investigation that were unrelatedc. Evidence emerged he had an affair with an interni. Impeached for lying under voteii. Didn’t go anywhereiii. Not enough votesV. Immigration and “Multiculturalism”a. The “fourth wave” and the Rebirth of Nativismi. Proposition 187ii. “English
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