George H. W. Bush

1
George H. W. Bush

• 1989-1993
• Party Republican
• Vice President Dan Quayle

2
Persian Gulf War

• Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait for
  oil
• Bush sends troops to Saudi Arabia UN support
• Desert Storm January 1991- troops then invade
  Kuwait and push back Iraqi troops

3
Panama

• U.S. troops ordered into Panama to capture
  General Noriega and return him to U.S. to face
  drug charges.
• He is sentenced to 40 years in prison

4
Collapse of Soviet Union

• 1989 Berlin Wall comes down
• 1990 Boris Yeltsin takes power in U.S.S.R.
• U.S.S.R. falls apart
• COLD WAR IS OVER!

5
German Reunification

• October 3, 1990 East Germany has 1st free
  elections united Germany

6
Savings Loans Scandal

• Misuse of funds by Savings Loans companies
• Taxpayers pay hundreds of billions of dollars to
  bail out the S L industry

7
War on Drugs

• War on crack cocaine
• Stop drugs at border
• Establishes death penalty for drug dealers

8
Read my lips NO NEW TAXES!

• Promised no new taxes in accepting the nomination
  for president
• BUT deficit rises and had to break promise
  because of high number of layoffs and high
  unemployment.