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| 1992 - Planned Parenthood v. Casey |
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| -Ruled that states could restrict access to abortion as long as they did not place an "undue burden" on the woman. |
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| -Prohibited congressional pay raises from taking effect until an election seats a new session of Congress |
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| 1991 - Soviet Union Dissolves |
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| -This was because the previous leader, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as Soviet president and the Soviet Union dissolved into its component parts. (The Commonwealth of Independent States) or the (CIS) |
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| Person - Mikhail Gorbachev |
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-Became leader of USSR in March of 1985
-Resigns as Soviet president in December of 1991 |
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-Bush nominated Thomas for the Supreme Court in 1991
-October 1991: Anita Hill was a law professor at the University of Oklahoma and she accused Thomas of Sexual Harassment
-In the end, the Senate ruled 52-48 that Thomas would be the second African American ever to sit on the supreme bench (Thurgood Marshall was the first) |
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Who was involved?
1. Saddam Hussein - Ruler of Iraq
2. United Nations - Against Saddam
3. United States - Against Saddam
What happened?
-Aug 3, 1990 United Nations Security Council demanded the withdrawal of Iraq's troops.
-UNSC gace Saddam an ultimatum to remove his forces by Jan 15, 1991
-Jan 16, 1991 The U.S. and U.N. allies fought for 37 days until February 23
-Feb 23, 1991 The U.S. launched "Operation Desert Storm" which lasted 4 days until Feb 27, 1991 when Saddam accepted a cease-fire and Kuwait was liberated |
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| 1990 - Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) |
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Definition
| Prohibited discrimination against 43 million U.S. citizens with physical or mental disabilities |
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| 1990 - East and West Germany reunite |
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Definition
| This came to be because in 1989 the Berlin Wall fell and when Western Europe tried to reintegrate Eastern Germany, they found this harder to do because Eastern Germany was technologically backward and physically decrepit. |
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| 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait |
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Definition
-Saddam needed the oil in Kuwait in order to pay for war bills.
-Aug 2, 1990 Saddam moved his army into Kuwait |
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| 1989 - What happened to the Berlin Wall? |
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Definition
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| 1989 - What did Eastern Europe do to the Communist Regimes? |
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| Eastern Europe throws out communist regimes. (Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Romania all lost their communist governments) |
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| 1989 - Webster v. Reproductive Health Services |
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Definition
| It imposed certain restrictions on abortion which signaled that it was inviting the states to legislate in an area in which Roe v. Wade had previously forbidden them to legislate. |
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| 1989 - Chinese government suppresses pro-democracy demonstrators |
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Definition
| The pro-democracy demonstrators made a 35 ft tall statue and named it the "Goddess of Democracy." But the Chinese government would not allow this to happen any more and they sent in tanks and machine guns that killed hundreds of protesters. Many nations frowned upon this act but no one took action. |
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| 1988 - George H.W. Bush (Republican) defeats who for presidency? |
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| Michael Dukakis (Democratic) |
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Who
Reagan-Gorbachev
What
These meetings were to enforce Gorbachev's goals to shrink the size of their military machine and divert these funds back into the civilian economy. Also on their 3rd meeting, they signed the INF treaty.
When + Where
1st - 1985 + Geneva
2nd - 1986 + Reykjavik, Iceland
3rd - 1987 + Washington, D.C.
4th - 1988 + Moscow |
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| Banned all intermediate-range nuclear missiles from Europe. (US and Soviets) |
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