Social Sciences and History / Unit 6 SSH 0539 short lesson, about 20 seconds
1991 and After: Globalization's Institutions
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The idea
In the eighties Afghanistan and an American arms buildup strained the Soviet Union; Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost failed, the Warsaw Pact states broke away, and the USSR disbanded in nineteen ninety-one. Deng brought elements of capitalism to China.
In practice
GATT then the WTO; the European Union, ninety-three; NAFTA, ninety-two.
Where people slip
The anchor names the buildup's presidents; the course names the decade.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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