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GEORGE BUSH
• Be able to describe the reasons for the fall of the USSR and communism in East Europe
• Describe foreign policy events of the Bush administration
• Describe domestic policies during the Bush administration
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GEORGE BUSH WINS THE ELECTION OF 1988
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GORBACHEV INSTITUTES REFORMS IN USSR Glasnost- means openness- began to allow
people to criticize problems in the USSR Allowed more books to be published Released political prisoners
People began to complain about economic conditions
Perestroika- economic reforms- allowed more local control of factories and some private businesses
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DEMOCRATIZATION
Beginning in 1987, Gorbachev began to open up the election process
Gorbachev states he will not intervene in East Europe
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COMMUNISM END IN EASTERN EUROPE The movement begins in Poland with a
group called Solidarity When the USSR does not intervene, the
movement spreads to Hungary, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Romania
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FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
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NATIONALISM AS A FORCE FOR CHANGE IN THE USSR The USSR had over 100 different
nationalities Under glasnost, national groups began to
demand self-government and religious freedoms
March 1990- Lithuania declares independence Gorbachev orders an economic blockade 1991- civilians attacked by Soviet forces
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YELTSIN DENOUNCES GORBACHEV
Elected Russian president in 1991
Gorbachev still in power (President of the USSR)
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THE AUGUST COUP- PLAN TO TAKE OUT GORBACHEV BY THE COMMUNIST HARDLINERS WHO DID NOT LIKE CHANGES IN THE USSRAUGUST 18-21
The coup fails because Yeltsin and the army side with Gorbachev.
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USSR BREAKS UP
By early December all 15 republics had declared independence from the USSR
Form Commonwealth of Independent states (Baltics and Georgia refused to join)
Dec. 25, 1991- Gorbachev resigned as president of the USSR
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1989- TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE May 1989- Students in China began
demonstrating for more rights June 4, 1989- Chinese government
brought in tanks and 300,000 soldiers who fired on the protesters
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PANAMA- 1989
United States invades Panama to remove Manuel Noriega and bring him to trial in the United States
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1990- SADDAM HUSSEIN INVADED KUWAIT UN issues sanctions against Iraq When that doesn’t work, begin
Operation Desert Storm- Jan 16, 1991 Quick and successful- Iraq was pushed
out of Kuwait
WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN THE ELECTION of 1992?
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US ENTERS ANOTHER RECESSION
Bush tries cutting capital gains taxes to stimulate the economy Capital gains tax would be a tax on the sale
of stocks or real estate for profit During the election of 1988- Bush stated,
“read my lips, no new taxes”\ He signs a tax increase into law in return for
cuts in spending
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ELECTION OF 1992
Republican candidate- George Bush Democratic candidate- Bill Clinton (blames
Bush for the recession) 3rd party candidate- Ross Perot
WHO DO YOU THINK WON THE ELECTION? WHY?