Reagan and Gorbachev- had numerous meetings with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev helped bring an end to the Cold War
Ronald Reagan was extremely popular in the Russia because he helped end the Cold War. Gorbachev was popular everywhere except Russia for the same reason
Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion- space shuttle exploded, a teacher was on board and her students were watching as the shuttle blew
War on drugs-Nancy Reagan came up with "just say no"
Iran Contra Scandal- US used the $ from secret weapons sales to Iran to fund the Contras(anti-communists)
in Nicaragua which Congress and outlawed
goal was to free seven US hostages in Iran at the time
the International Court of Justice ruled that the US had violated international law in doing so
Reagan said he knew nothing of this
Oliver North took most of the fall
George H.W. Bush
was a congressman from Texas
was Ambassador of the US to the UN
director of the CIA
currently the oldest surviving former president
accomplishments-
invasion of Panama to stop drug trafficking in the Panama Canal
Berlin Wall Comes Down
USSR disbanded
promised to lower taxes then raised them
election-
Bush wanted to continue on the path that Reagan had left
he won in a landslide
Persian Gulf War- Sudham Hussain led Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. This was after we helped him in a previous war
Iraq thought that Kuwait was still part of Iraq anyway and they wanted their oil fields
Why did it start?
Operation Desert Shield -sent thousands of US troops to Saudi-Arabia to prevent an invasion by Iraq into Saudi-Arabia. This was also done to send a message to Iraq that they should leave Kuwait or we would invade
Operation Desert Storm-US forces invaded and drove Iraq out of Kuwait in about a month
result- coalition force victory, Iraq withdrew from Kuwait, destruction of Iraqi/Kuwaiti infrastructure
No Fly Zone, weapons inspectors, WMD's
eventually Bush got tired of messing with Sadham Hussain and Bush that he had WMD's so US invaded in 2003
How did the Persian Gulf War eventually lead to 9-11?
US forces were in Saudi-Arabia and eventually started bombing Iraq. these forces didn't really leave for a long time, and that made terrorists/radical Muslims angry. which started terrorist acts against the US
signed the Americans with Disabilities Act
allowed more immagration
Somalia- civil war broke out in early 1990 and a group overthrew the government
Bush signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Bill Clinton-
2nd president to be impeached by the House of Representatives
elections- he barely won both elections he ran in
he never won the majority vote
he was said to have smoked marijuana
he said he had tried it but never "inhaled"
Clinton v. Bob Dole
Clinton won still under 50%
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