Chapter 21 Flashcards
a phase of relaxed tensions and improved relations between two adversaries
détente
a person who speaks out against the regime in power
dissident
Mikhail Gorbachev’s plan to reform the Soviet Union by restructuring its economy
perestroika
a policy of killing or forcibly removing an ethnic group from its lands; used by the Serbs against the Muslim minority in Bosnia
ethnic cleansing
self-governing
autonomous
the economic belief of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, which limited social welfare and restricted union power
Thatcherism
the state that exists when a government spends more than it collects in revenues
budget deficit
an artistic movement that emerged in the early 1960s; pop artists took images from popular culture and transformed them into works of fine art
pop art
an artistic movement that emerged in the 1980s; its artists do not expect rationality in the world and are comfortable with the many “truths”
post modernism
U.S. president elected in 1980; called the Soviet Union an “evil empire” He began a military buildup and a new arms race. He gave military aid to the Afghan rebels
Ronald Reagan
came to power in the Soviet Union and brought a dramatic end to the Cold War. He encouraged glasnost, a policy of openness in foreign policy
Mikhail Gorbachev
emerged as the dominant leader of the Soviet Union. He wanted to keep Eastern Europe communist and not make reforms
Leonid Brezhnez
president of the Russian Republic who resisted the rebel forces in Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
elected president of Russia in 2000. Vowed to adopt a more assertive national role and to get Chechnya back
Vladimir Putin
organized a national trade union in Poland known as Solidarity. It gained the support of the workers and of the Roman Catholic Church (Pope John Paul II)
Lech Walesa
a writer who had played an important role in bringing down the Communist government
Vàclav Havel
became leader of the Yugoslav republic of Serbia in 1987 and rejected the efforts of those wanting independence
Slobodan Milosevic
first social democratic chancellor of West Germany. Signed a treaty with East Germany that led to better relation
Willy Brandt
pledged to limit social welfare, restrict union power, and end inflation. Doing same things a Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
shifted US politics to the right. Economic issues became the focus of domestic policy by the mid 1970s
richard Nixon
prime minister of Canada, Wanted to preserve a united Canada
Pierre Trudeau
an artist who conveyed emotion and feeling and wasn’t concerned with subject matter
Jackson Pollock
took his subject matter from commercial art; pop artist
Andy Warhol
popular musician in the 1950s
Elvis Presley
famous English band in the 1960s
Beatles
critical in destroying the USSR, supports liberation of people in USSR, starts in Poland
Pope John Paul II
