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Chapter 30 After the Fall: The Western World In a Global Age (Since 1985)

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1 Chapter 30 After the Fall: The Western World In a Global Age (Since 1985)

2 p. 947

3 Toward a New Western Order  Revolutionary Era in the Soviet Union  Mikhail Gorbachev  Perestroika  Glasnost  End of the Soviet Union  Boris Yeltsin  Commonwealth of Independent States  New Russia  Putin Era  Vladimir Putin

4 Map 30-1, p. 949

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7 Eastern Europe: The Revolutions of 1989 and the Collapse of the Communist Order  The Fall  Poland  LechWalesa  Hungary  Czechoslovakia  Gustav Husa´k  Vaclav Havel  Nicolae Ceaus¸escu  After the Fall  NATO

8 p. 952

9 Reunification of Germany  Germany  Erich Honecker  ‘‘The wall must go!’’  East Germany free elections  March 18, 1990  Political reunification  October 3, 1990

10 p. 954

11 Chronology, p. 955

12 Disintegration of Yugoslavia  Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia  Slobodan Milosevic  War in Bosnia  ‘‘Ethnic cleansing’  Massacre at Srebrenica  War in Kosovo  Kosovo Liberation Army  Vojislav Kostunica  NATO troops

13 p. 955

14 Western Europe and the Search for Unity  Germany Restored  Helmut Kohl  Christian Democrats  Stasi Files  Gerhard Schroeder  Post-Thatcher Britain  Labour Party  John Major  Tony Blair  Gordon Brown

15 Map 30-2, p. 957

16 Western Europe and the Search for Unity (cont)  France  Jacques Chirac  2005 Muslim riots  A Move to the Right  Nicolas Sarkozy  Italy  Corruption in Italy  Silvio Berlusconi  Romano Prodi

17 p. 958

18 Chronology, p. 960

19 Unification of Europe  European Community  Single Europe Act  Treaty on European Union  European Union  Competition on the world market  Military force  Problems of national identity  By 2007, EU to 455 million people

20 Map 30-3, p. 961

21 The United States: Move to the Center  George H. W. Bush  Bill Clinton  Period of economic revival  2nd term impeachment  George W. Bush  War in Iraq  Bush tax cuts  Canada  Brian Mulroney (b. 1939), elected in 1984  Quebec  René Lévesque  Parti Québécois

22 p. 962

23 End of the Cold War  Mikhail Gorbachev  INF Treaty  Overthrow of Communist regimes  Gulf War  Iraq forces in Kuwait  ‘‘New World Order’’

24 p. 963

25 An Age of Terrorism  Munich Olympic Games  Terrorist Organizations  Red Army Faction  Red Brigades  Charles Martel Club  IRA  Palestinian terrorists  Pan American flight 103

26 Terrorist Attack on the United States  September 11, 2001  al-Qaeda  Osama bin Laden  U.S.S. Cole  Afghan and U.S. special forces ousted The Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001  New multiethnic government faced problems from renewed Taliban activity

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30 War in Iraq  In 2003, largely American-led forces invaded Iraq  Iraqi army was quickly defeated  Allied forces sought to restore stability to the country  Setting forth plans to lay the foundations of a future democratic society  Saddam Hussein captured, tried and executed  By 2006, violence had increased dramatically and Iraq  In 2007, President Bush increased the number of U.S. troops  The Surge  Troops loss decreased significantly

31 The West and Islam  Israeli-Palestinian conflict  The Shah of Iran  Ayatollah Khomeini  U.S. forces in the Middle East considered an affront to Islam by anti-Western Islamic groups

32 New Directions in Western Society  Transformation in Women’s Lives  Birthrates down  Woman in workforce on the rise  The Women’s Movement  Involvement in Environmental movement  International conferences  Immigration  Guest workers  Islam is growing in Europe and the United States

33 p. 967

34 Art and Music in the 1980s and 1990s  Visual Arts  Kiefer  Basquiat  Andres Serrano and Robert Mapplethorpe  National Endowment for the Arts  Music  Grunge, Rap and Hip Hop  Digital  Worldwide Web  Cellular phones  Art and Music  Bill Viola  Matthew Barney

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39 Toward a Global Civilization  Globalization  Global Economy  World Bank  Transnational corporations  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade  World Trade Organization

40 p. 975

41 Toward a Global Civilization (cont)  Environmental issues  Global warming  Greenhouse gases  Social Challenges  Migration and developed and developing nations  Global Movements  ‘‘Think globally, act locally’’  Nongovernmental organizations

42 Timeline, p. 979

43 Discussion Questions 1. What was the impact of Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms on the Soviet Union? Was he its savior or its destroyer? 2. Was Reagan’s push for weapons development the cause for the Soviet economic collapse? 3. What were the chief obstacles in the reunification of Germany? How were these obstacles resolved? 4. How has terrorism changed over the last two decades? What forces brought about these changes?


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