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17 Cards in this Set
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Margaret Thatcher
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conservative prime minister of Great Britain
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Tony Blair
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the labour party representative elected prime minister
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IRA
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Irish republican army terrorist group that attacked protestants
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Charles de Gaulle
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French president elected in 1958, gave up Algeria, worked hard to restore french prestige and power
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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
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supreme court ruling declaring that segregated schools were unconstitutional
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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a civil rights leader, nobel prize winner, and leader of the African American rights movement in the United States
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Quebec
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french speaking region in canada that demanded more power in france
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deficit
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gap between what a government spends and what it takes in trhough taxes and otehr sources
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surplus
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extra or excess
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civil rights movement
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effort in the 1950s and 1960s to end discrimination and ensure equal rights for all americans
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segregation
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separation of the races
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separatism
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movement advocating that Quebec seperate from Canada and become an independent nation
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What goals has the United States tried to achieve as a global superpower
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- resolve conflicts such as wars in Bosnia and Kosovo,
- end terrorism |
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How did govenment policies affect the American economy in the 1980s and 1990s?
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- NAFTA was created, which created a free trade zone between Canada, the US and mexico
- the US and Canada worked together to reduce pollution |
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What challenges have Canadians faced?
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- cultural differences between the US
- separatism from Quebec |
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What challenges have Canadians faced?
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- cultural differences between the US
- separatism from Quebec |
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What challenges have Canadians faced?
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- cultural differences between the US
- separatism from Quebec |
