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George HW Bush

Election of 1988 Bush (R) vs. Michael Dukakis (D) Issues: economic stability

Fall of Berlin Wall 1989: USSR reduced number of soldiers in East Germany to save money 11/9/89: E. Germans tore down wall; EG guards were powerless to stop it 10/90: Germany reunited https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajTgndCNdW0&feature=youtu.be 4 min

Panama Sent troops to arrest dictator Manuel Noriega (their leader) for drug trafficking

China April, 1989: Students protesting for freedom of speech in Tiananmen Square; killed by Chinese army; about 3000 deaths http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4xtkpO7ZqU&feature=related

Persian Gulf War Iraq in debt from fighting war w/ Iran in the eighties August 2, 1990: invaded Kuwait to claim its oil fields; next target was going to be Saudi Arabia (both allies of the US) US and UN launched Operation Desert Storm 1/16/91: air assault 2/23/91: ground offensive 2/28/91: ceasefire 400 UN casualties; 100,000 Iraqi casualties Agreement: Iraq- stop production of WMD; random inspections by UN

Collapse of USSR Soviet Union struggling financially; arms race too expensive 14 non-Russian republics declared independence in Dec. 1991 Gorbachev resigned Commonwealth of Independent States formed (CIS) Russian president: Boris Yeltsin End of Cold War

Domestic Agenda Faltering economy Discontent Violence in inner cities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-K19rVDxoM Crash Course: 14 min.