Modern US History The Bush Oreo Cookie

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I. George HW Bush Under Ronald Reagan (Last time) the Cold War starts to end and begin enormous economic inequality 1998 George Bush Sr - voted because he promised he would not raise taxes. By 1991 the USSR officially ends, we tear down the Berlin Wall, and all the Eastern European countries declare independence (Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria etc) The USSR collapses because they could not keep up with our military spending For 50 years (1946 - 1991) US Foreign policy was shaped by “Russia evil and USA good” Now things get way more complicated… (Yugoslavia collapses, Somalian Civil War = Black Hawk Down… crazy)

II. Persian Gulf War In 1991 Iraq President Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, breaking international law for very complicated reasons (Debt forgiveness… oil production quotas..) Bush leads coalition of 34 other countries into Iraq, defeating Saddam in 3 days 9,500 Iraqi’s killed Only 300 Coalition soldiers killed Notable because of there was no “Vietnam Syndrome” = getting caught in a war for 10+ years This will not be the same when Bush Jr fights in Iraq 20 years later...

Persian Gulf War

III. Rodney King Riots Rodney King - black man beaten by cops in Los Angeles California on camera -- yet all white Jury did not convict cops Riots ensue: 52 people killed; 2,300 Injured $Billions in property damage Bush did not know how to comfort the masses. Seen as a rich white out of touch person. Pair this with economy tanking 4.5 million americans lose jobs at end of cold war unemployment grows Bush authorized a tax increase… but he promised no tax increase! This is why he lost to….

Los Angeles Riots

IV. Clinton Years Bill Clinton! 1993 - 2001! Notable moments: Economy booms! Unemployment drops! Internet & Microchips! Woo! Video Games! DVDs! Cell Phones!!! Stop ethnic cleansing of bosnian muslims in Yugoslavia :( Don’t stop 800,000 killed in a month in Rwandan Civil War… World Trade Center bombed first time… Oklahoma City Bombing by Timothy McVeigh killed 170… We outsource all of our workforce to cheaper countries AIDS epidemic kills 400,000 in USA by 2000 Imprisonment rates explode,by 2008 we have 2.3 million in jail Monica Lewinsky gets Clinton impeached because of a lie

Oklahoma City bombing

AIDS

.com boom and bust

Rwanda :(

V. Bush JR Bush’s Presidency: Stopped Stem cell research Supported Oil Drilling in wildlife refuge Mandated standardized testing (FCAT) in all States 9/11 - 2 planes hit World Trade Center killing 3,000+. Leads to..: War in Iraq(pt 2) - 100,000 Iraqis killed, 3,000+ Americans killed War in Afghanistan - 3,000+ Americans killed Still in these wars now, for over 10 years PATRIOT Act - can now wiretap/spy on Americans without warrant Hurricane Katrina - 1,500 killed, thousands stranded (mostly African Americans) 2007 Economic collapse due to housing bubble

Katrina

War

Torture

If time - Bosnian Civil War

If time - Roof is on fire :(