Flashcards: 1990s
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HistoryofCrawford on May 19, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 George H.W. Bush | President of the United States following Ronald Reagan. |
| Rodney King | His beating at the hands of the LAPD was caught on video. Acquittal of the officers involved led to racial riots in the early 1990s. |
| Manuel Noriega | Panamanian dictator who was found guilty of drug trafficking in a Floridian court. |
| Saddam Hussein | Dictator of Iraq. |
| Tiananmen Square | A pro-democracy protest in this location was cut short by an attack by the Chinese government. |
| Bill Clinton | President who advocated economic and healthcare reform; second president to be impeached. |
| Whitewater | Clinton-era real estate scandal. |
| H. Ross Perot | Third party candidate for the presidency in 1992. Split the Republican vote. |
| entitlement programs | Programs such as Social Security, unemployment insurance, or disability payments that provide benefits to all eligible citizens. |
| NAFTA | Agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico that eliminates trade barriers. |
| ethnic cleansing | A "soft" term for genocide. |
| Newt Gingrich | Speaker of the House in the mid-1990s. Responsible for the "Contract with America." |