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Ronald Reagan cont.-

Had numerous meetings with the USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev which helped bring an end to the Cold War
was a celebrity in USSR
Gorbachev was hated by the USSR people but loved by people of other countries because he stood for change
Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion-
- a teacher was on board
- set back for NASA
war on drugs-
- Nancy Reagan started the platform "Just say NO"
Scandal 1986-
- Iran Contra
- us use the $$ from secret weapons sales to Iran found the contras (anti-communist) in Nicaragua which congress had outlawed
- the goal was to free seven US Hostages in Iran at the time
- 11 people were convicted in the Reagan adminisration

George H.W. Bush (41th) 1989-1993

Background-
- Served as the Vice President of the US under Ronald Reagan
- was a congressman from Texas
- Was Ambassador of the US in the UN
- Director of the CIA
- Currently the oldest serving former president
- Went to Harvard
Elections-
- 1988-
  - Micheal Ducockus
  - Wanted to follow the path Reagen set
Accomplishments-
- invasion of Panama
- invaded b/c of the Panama Chanel
- Oil spill up by Alaska
- USSR broke apart
- Berlin wall came down on Nov. 9, 1989
- promised to lower taxes but raised them
- Persian Golf War (August 1990- February 1991)-
  - August 2, 1990
  - Iraq invaded Kuwait
  - dispute over land and oil
  - Operation Desert shield-
    - US sent troops to Sadie Arabia
    - Iraq lost
- 1991-2003-
  - No-fly zone weapons inspection WMD's (weapon inspectors)
  - goal-
    - protect the people in the north and south
    - US flew over those areas
  - went to war in 2003 b/c George W. Bush was tired of Iraq not going with the agreement
- signed the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Signed UNITAF

How did the Persian Gulf War eventually lead to 9-11?
- US never left Sadie Arabia

Bill Clinton (42th) 1993-2001

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