1. Does George Bush continue the “Reagan Revolution”?
The Bush Years
Does George Bush continue the “Reagan Revolution”?

2. Election btwn VP George Bush & Mass Gov. Michael Dukakis
Dukakis argues Reagan & Bush ran up debt
Bush promises a kinder, gentler nation and a no new tax pledge
Critics say Bush too weak to follow Reagan, so Bush goes on the attack in campaign commercials
Makes Dukakis seem weak on defense and crime
Bush easily wins 1988 election

3. 1989: Panama’s president Manuel Noriega accused of drug trafficking
Bush Foreign Policy
1989: Panama’s president Manuel Noriega accused of drug trafficking
Bush sends army into Panama to capture Noriega
1991: Soviet Union collapses, becomes Russia and 13 independent republics
Bush/Russian president Boris Yeltsin declare end to Cold War
Bush & Yeltsin sign START, which will reduce nuclear weapons by 2/3 – Bush improves relations w/ other E. European nations

4. The Persian Gulf War
1990: Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait
1991: Bush puts together a multi-nation UN coalition and launches “Desert Storm”
Gen Schwarzkopf & allies win decisive victory over Iraq
Map page 854
What major targets do Iraqi missiles hit?
From what country did the UN coalition invade Iraq & Kuwait?
Where were US naval forces located?
Failing Economy
Years of deficit spending & tax cuts were finally hurting economy, end of Cold War also caused loss of jobs in defense industry
Bush must raise taxes to pay off debt, despite promising not to