America After the Cold War

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• America After the Cold War

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• America and the Waning of the Cold War
• The Fall of the Soviet Union
• Glasnost
• Perestroika
• End of Apartheid

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• America and the Waning of the Cold War
• Reagan and Gorbachev
• INF Treaty
• The Fading of the Reagan Revolution
• Corruption and Scandal
• Iran-Contra Scandal

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The Election of 1988
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• America and the Waning of the Cold War
• The Election of 1988
• The Bush Presidency
• The Gulf War

George Bush (Library of Congress)
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The Election of 1992
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• Partisan Struggles
• Launching the Clinton Presidency
• The Republican Resurgence
• Clinton Triumphant and Embattled
• Deficit
• Whitewater Scandal
• Paula Jones Monica Lewinsky
• Impeachment
• Public Vs. Private Life
• American Cynicism

Bill Clinton (Library of Congress)
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The Election of 1996
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• The Global Economy
• The Personal Computer
• The Internet
• Breakthroughs in Genetics
• The Two-Tiered Economy
• Globalization

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The Graying of America
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New Patterns of Immigration and Ethnicity
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Poor and Working-Class African Americans
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• A Changing Society
• The Black Middle Class
• Modern Plagues Drugs and AIDS
• The Decline in Crime
• A Contested Culture
• Battles Against Feminism and Abortion
• Right to Life
• Webster Vs. Reproductive Health Services
• Clarence Thomas hearings

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• Debating the Past WOMENS HISTORY

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A Contested Culture

• The Changing Left and the New Environmentalism
• The Fragmentation of Mass Culture
• The Culture Wars

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GLOBALIZATION

• Neo-Liberalism / Economic Liberalism
• Free Trade
• Market Economies
• Free Trade Agenda
• Non US Population
• Privatization
• Decrease Public Spending
• US Population
• Increased Consumer Saving
• Retraining

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GLOBALIZATION

• NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
• GATT General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
• FTA Fast Track Authority
• FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas
• CAFTA Central American Free Trade Area

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FREE v. FAIR TRADE

• Anti-Globalization Movement
• Nov 1999 Seattle Protest
• Sep 2003 Cancun Protest (WTO)
• Fair Trade Conditions
• Cohesion Funds
• ILO Standards
• Environmental Standards

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GNP, Budgets, Deficits and Debts(in billions)

• 1970 992 196 2.8 371
• 1980 2,631 579 59 914
• 1990 5764 1.251 220 4064
• 2000 9860 1798 237 5674

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Two-Tiered Economy

• Income 1970s to Late 1980s
• Wealthiest 20 - Up 20
• Next 20 - Up 8
• Remaining 60 - Flat
• Lowest 20 - Slight Decline
• Poverty Rate
• 1960s 20
• 1970s 12
• 1980s 18
• 1990s 13