HIST 13C Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Mikhail Gorbachev, High Tech, Velvet Revolution
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This can be either externally or internally meaning in the us or globally. Global free trade: many believed that global free trade encouraged corporations to move production overseas where its cheaper, unregulated economic development, technology encouraged globalization. This triggered many republics of the soviet union to declare themselves sovereign states: nelson mandela became president of south africa ended apartheid, panama drug trade, gulf war iraq invaded kuwait first post-cold war international crisis. Bush said it was the first step in the struggle to create a world rooted in democracy and global free trade: general colin powell said post-cold war would be a dangerous environment with conflicts popping up everywhere. Dick cheney said us has the power to reshape the world. Bill clinton: clinton immediately appointed women and blacks to his cabinet. He raised taxes on wealthy and expanded earned income tax credit (eitc), which helped low-income workers: north american free trade agreement free trade zone consisting of.
