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Details Title: 1980-2004 Description: Events and people of the 1980s through 2004 Total Flash Cards: 40 Created: 05/11/2004 17:36:09	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term FW. De Klerk Definition worked alongside Nelson Mandela for equal black rights in South Africa Term Nelson Mandela Definition President of South Africa, fights for equal black rights Term Tutsi and Hutu Definition African tribes; led a rebellion in South Africa Term Desertification Definition spread of deserts Term Somalia Definition South African country; Civil War; rebels overthrow government Term Iran vs. Iraq War Definition Causes: oil, land boundaries, Persian Gulf, religion Outcomes: Increases hatred of Americans Term Persian Gulf War Definition operation to drive Iraqis out of Kuwait. Led by US. Drove out Iraqis very quickly, with little coalition deaths. Term NAFTA Definition North American Free Trade Agreement. Ended tariffs on most goods. Term Carlos Slinas de Gortani Definition Promoted privitization (transferring property from public to private ownership) and NAFTA with US and Canada. Term Vicente Fox Definition 1988 - elected into Congress to represent Leon, Guanajuato. Term Sandinistas vs. contras Definition Sandinista - Armed rebels in Nicaragua supporting the US-backed dictatorship Contras - Armed rebels in Nicaragua opposing the Communist party in Nicaragua Term Manuel Noriega Definition Panamanian soldier originally in US' favor. Actions began to become unacceptable for US and he was captured and imprisoned.(Declared state of War against America, killed US Marines) Term dissidents Definition one who actively opposes the established order in a country Term Falkland Islands Definition 1983 - Argentina declares Military Dictatorship over island. Term Medellin cartel Definition well-organized network of drug smugglers in Colombia Term Iran-Contra Affair Definition Reagan sold weapons to Iran, who was in a war with Iraq at the time, and hid the money by giving it to the Contras for support to help overthrow the Sandinistas Term Bill Clinton Definition 42nd President. Term George Bush, Sr. Definition 41st President. Persian Gulf War, big success. Term Tiananmen Square Definition China - students lead hunger strike to protest against communism in China. Small group of student escalated into thousands, building Plaster-of-Paris statues of Statue of Liberty and other symbols for freedom. Term Separatism Definition IRA, split of Czechoslovakia, etc. Wanting to separate one group of people from another and achieve sovereignty. Term Margaret Thatcher Definition First Female Prime Minister of Great Britain. Philosophic soulmate with Ronald Reagan. Led big economic recovery in Great Britain. "Having power is like being a woman; if you have to tell people you are, then you aren't" Term Tony Blair Definition Current Prime Minister of Great Britain. Called upon Bank of England to set autonomous interest rates. Term Anglo-Irish Agreement Definition agreement between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland setting up a framework for regular conferences between British and Irish ministers to discuss Northern Ireland matters while confirming that there would be no change in the status of the province unless a majority of its citizens gave its consent. Term Francois Mitterand Definition First Socialist leader of France's Fifth Republic. Abolished death penalty. Term Jacques Chirac Definition Current French President. Greatest opposition to George W. Bush campaign. Term Helmut Kohl. Definition Chancellor of Germany, 1982-1998 Leader of CDU party 1973 - 1998 Term Gerhard Schroeder Definition Current Chancellor of Germany Term Basque Definition Indigenous people of Spain and France Term Maastricht Treaty Definition Led to creation of European Union Term Mikhail Gorbachev Definition Good USSR dude Term glasnost Definition "openness" Made countrie's management up for debate. USSR. Term perestroika Definition "economic restructuring" led to: USSR pulling out of Afghanistan USSR negotiating with US over arms restrictions Sinatra Doctrine Term Boris Yeltsin Definition First president of Russia Term Vladimir Putin Definition Current President of Russia Term Chechnya Definition declared independence from Russia after fall of USSR Term Commonwealth of Independent States Definition 12 of the 15 states in USSR, excluding Baltic States Term Vaclav Havel Definition first President of Czech Republic Term Lech Walesa Definition President of Poland. Founded 'solidarity'. Term ethnic cleansing Definition forcibly removing people of one ethnic group from a region Term 9/11 Definition Bin Laden's croney's attack on WTC in NYC.