Moore chapter 27 – Flashcards
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Globalization
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This has been called "the concept of the 1990s."
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Greater democracy
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student protesters who occupied Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989 demanded this
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The Velvet Revolution
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the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.
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By the end of 1991, Soviet attempts at economic reform had created chaos, this led to the
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Soviet Union dissolving, ending the Cold War.
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South Africa
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practiced apartheid for decades, elected anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela president in 1994
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Operation Desert Storm
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quickly drove the Iraqi army out of Kuwait.
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Bill Clinton
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secured the Democratic nomination for president because he combined social liberalism with elements of conservatism. had an election campaign director who was fond of the saying "It's the economy, stupid" the American people are most worried about the economy appointed his wife to head the panel on health-care reform.
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Third-party candidate Ross Perot
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received the most votes for a third-party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt.
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NAFTA
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created a free-trade zone for the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
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The "Freedom Revolution"
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the Republican victory at the 1994 congressional elections.
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The Contract with America
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included the promise to cut government spending and end affirmative action.
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How did President Clinton respond to the Republican victory in the 1994 congressional elections
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He campaigned against radical Republicans and moved toward the center.
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dot coms symbolized
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negative impact of stock speculation among technology companies.
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The Glass-Steagall Act
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Countless corporate scandals and stock frauds stemmed directly from this
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By the end of the 1990s, the American economy
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was characterized by rising employment rates and declining income for poor and middle-class Americans.
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Because of the changes made in immigration laws in 1965, thirty-five years later the immigrant population in the United States
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increasingly came from Asia and Latin America.
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By the start of the 21st century, the largest minority group in the United States was
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Latino.
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Increasingly visible during the 1990s, Asian-Americans
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were hailed by white Americans as a "model minority."
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African-American civil rights
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declined in the 90's as the legal definition of discrimination was narrowed.
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school segregation
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was on the rise in the 90's
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the prison population
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increased as state governments increased penalties for crimes and decreased parole in the 90's
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Los Angeles
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This city witnessed riots and looting in 1992 after tensions snapped over an episode of police officers beating an unarmed African-American man?
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the AIDS epidemic
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was spreading less rapidly among gay Americans in the late 90's
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Casinos
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A visible sign of Native American quasi-sovereignty has been
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culture wars
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Post-Cold War renewal of ethnic and religious divisions
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the Christian Coalition
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was a major force in Republican Party politics
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"pay gap"
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the discrepancies in pay rates for men and women
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Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Pennsylvania
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repudiated the centuries-old claim that a husband had a legal claim to control the body of his wife.
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By the start of the 21st century, American women
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received over 40 percent of the advanced degrees in law, business, and medicine.
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The abortion rate declined throughout the 1990s largely because
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teenagers had increasing access to contraception.
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The 1995 truck bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City was organized by
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a far-right private militia group.
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In 1998, Congress brought impeachment charges against President Clinton because he
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lied about his extramarital affair before the grand jury.
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Bush v. Gore ordered
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Florida to halt its recount.
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The outcome of the 2000 presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore was
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finally decided by the Supreme Court.
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what happened to the american voter turnout in the 21st century
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declined even further from previous years.
