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

GEORGE BUSH WINS THE ELECTION OF 1988

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

DEMOCRATIZATION

Beginning in 1987, Gorbachev began to open up the election process

Gorbachev states he will not intervene in East Europe

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

FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

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

YELTSIN DENOUNCES GORBACHEV

Elected Russian president in 1991

Gorbachev still in power (President of the USSR)

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.

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

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

PANAMA- 1989

United States invades Panama to remove Manuel Noriega and bring him to trial in the United States

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?

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

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?