Knights Charge 5/18 What were some things that led to the rise of the conservatives at the end of the 1970’s? What was Reagan’s strategy to end the Cold War? Did it work? What are some differences between conservatives and liberals?
Knights Charge 5/19 List three things that happened during the Presidency of George H.W. Bush
The Bush and Clinton Years
Bush’s Foreign Policy After the Cold War War on Drugs in Latin America
Bush’s Foreign Policy After the Cold War Support the end of Apartheid
Bush’s Foreign Policy After the Cold War Peacekeeping actions in Eastern Europe
Persian Gulf War Iraq was threatening to invade Kuwait Kuwait had large amounts of oil US did not want Saddam Hussein to control Kuwait oil fields
Operation Desert Storm Led by Colin Powell and General Norman Schwartzkopf Massive US bombing of Iraq forces US attack on Iraq forces in Kuwait Led in victory but Hussein stayed in power
Iraq burned many oil fields left behind in Kuwait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFUgDYwyC2s