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America After the Cold War

1977. 1999. America After the Cold War. America and the Waning of the Cold War The Fall of the Soviet Union Glasnost Perestroika End of Apartheid. America and the Waning of the Cold War Reagan and Gorbachev INF Treaty The Fading of the Reagan Revolution Corruption and Scandal

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America After the Cold War

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  1. 1977 1999 America After the Cold War

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

  3. 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

  4. The Election of 1988

  5. America and the Waning of the Cold War • The Election of 1988 • The Bush Presidency • The Gulf War George Bush (Library of Congress)

  6. The Election of 1992

  7. 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)

  8. The Election of 1996

  9. The Global Economy • The Personal Computer • The Internet • Breakthroughs in Genetics • The Two-Tiered Economy • Globalization

  10. The Graying of America

  11. New Patterns of Immigration and Ethnicity

  12. Poor and Working-Class African Americans

  13. 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

  14. Debating the Past: WOMEN’S HISTORY

  15. A Contested Culture • The Changing Left and the New Environmentalism • The Fragmentation of Mass Culture • The “Culture Wars”

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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 %

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