1. President George H.W. Bush January 20, 1989 January 20, 1993 Created & edited by Steve Armstrong SHS, 1994-2006

2. President Bush Inaugural

4. Bush’s promises & dilemma  “I want a kinder, gentler nation”  “Read my lips, no new taxes.”  Bush had to push through a tax increase in 1990, something for which he blamed Democrats This would come back to haunt him in 1992 This would come back to haunt him in 1992  Voter turnout declined even more 50% of registered voters cast ballots 50% of registered voters cast ballots

6. War on illegal drugs  Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” campaign expanded into a new executive office of a Drug Czar Worked to create programs to rid the nation of the nation’s illegal drug problem Worked to create programs to rid the nation of the nation’s illegal drug problem

7. President Bush meets press

8. China Rebellion, June 1989  Chinese students staged a rebellion against communism  Chinese government responded harshly  President Bush only gave a muted response

12. Berlin Wall fell, Nov 1989

13. Predicted since 1940s  Eastern and western Germany were united after the collapse of the Berlin Wall  Several eastern European nations gained their freedom  The USSR split into Russia and other free nations

15. Bush & Gorbachev

16. Panama Revolt, 1989  Gen. Noriega of Panama was involved in drug smuggling Noriega had been a CIA informant  American federal courts indicted Noriega for drug trafficking  Noriega was arrested

17. Bush & Pope John Paul II

18. Bush & Nelson Mandela

19. Clean Air Act, 1989  The updated law would reduce acid rain by 50%  Pushed for more emissions controls  Both Democrats and Republicans supported this law

20. Americans with Disabilities  Bush signed the ADA in July 1989  The ADA mandated that states make more aggressive steps to provide accommodation to provide aid to those with disabilities

21. Bush came to Montana!!!

23. A new Air Force One

24. Iraq invaded Kuwait

25. Bush & Kuwait Amir

26. Bush with Joint Chiefs

27. Bush and Gen. Colin Powell

28. Bush ordered American forces to Saudi Arabia

29. Mobilizing for War  Bush sent nearly 500,000 troops and support personnel to Saudi Arabia  Bush gave Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a deadline to leave Iraq

30. Bush visited troops

31. War Plan

32. Bush announced the war  Bush announced that USA air forces attacked Bagdad and other military sites  War started on January 16, 1991

33. War ended February 23

34. Los Angeles, 1991  Rodney King was beaten by L.A. police  Police officers were acquitted of police brutality  This set of days of rioting in Los Angeles

36. Trucker Reginald Denny was nearly beaten to death

38. Businesses were looted

39. Rodney King’s request  Rodney King asked that the riots cease  “Can’t we just get along?”  The riots ended  America’s racial divide showed its ugly scar once again

40. Clarence Thomas  President Bush nominated Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court  Thomas was accused of sexual harassment by a former co-worker  The hearings delved into Thomas’s sex life

41. Thomas was sworn in

43. Thomas nomination and hearing galvanized women  More women ran for state and national office as a result of the Thomas hearings  Women were offended at the harsh treatment of women by the men on the Senate confirmation panel

44. Illegal immigration issues,

45. And the debate