After reading Chapter 31, you should be able to identify and explain the historical significance of each of the following:

Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin

James Baker

Nelson Mandela

Tiananmen Square

Saddam Hussein

Operation Desert Storm and General Norman Schwarzkopf

S&L bailout

Exxon Valdez

ozone shield

William Rehnquist

Clarence Thomas versus Anita Hill

H. Ross Perot

New Democratic Coalition

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Task Force on National Health-Care Reform

gays, the military, and "don't ask, don't tell"

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Newt Gingrich and the Contract with America

Columbine High School

Indian casinos

The "new economy"

The Titanic

O.J. Simpson

Christian Coalition

Oklahoma City bombing and militia groups

culture wars