PPT-Bush 41 and Clinton A New Era: Post

Cold War George H W Bush End of Cold Warwaning power of the Soviets May 1989 Hungary opens the border to Austria the Iron Curtain is breached June 1989 Solidarity wins elections in Poland. Reagan’s VP George H.W. Bush wins the presidency in 1988.. Remembered mostly for guiding the US through the Persian Gulf War (the 1. st. Iraqi War).. August 1990 – Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi army invade neighboring Kuwait. Taesung. Lee, . Zhongyuan. Wang. , . Haixun. Wang, Seung-won Hwang. VLDB 2011. Knowledge. Taxonomy. Manually built. e.g. Freebase. Automatically generated. e.g. . Yago. , . Probase. Probase. : . a project at MSR . A New Era: Post . Cold War. George H. W. Bush. End of Cold War/waning power of the Soviets. May 1989: Hungary opens the border to Austria: the “Iron Curtain” is breached.. June 1989, Solidarity wins elections in Poland. Power & constraints. Introduction: the most powerful man in the world?. Faces numerous checks and balances. Bifurcated. Both commander-in-chief and ‘. bargainer. -in-chief’. Lyndon Johnson: “The only power I’ve got is nuclear and I’m not allowed to use that”.. 1989 - Present. End of the Cold War. Election of 1988. Democratic nominee - Governor Michael Dukakis. Republican nominee – Vice President . George Bush Sr. . elected. Gorbachev reforms. Perestroika. Taft-Hartley Act (1947) – reduced growth of organized labor. Serviceman’s Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill) (1944) – financial aid to veterans of WWII (education, job training). Long-term Economic prosperity. Chapter 33: into the twenty-first century. Main Idea: Bill Clinton was a new type of Democrat, and his administration faced challenges for a new millennium– and scandals as old as politics.. Chapter 33 section 1: The Clinton years. THE 21. st. CENTURY. (1991-2000). Derrick J. Johnson, MPA, JD. Advanced Placement United States History,. School for Advanced Studies. President George Herbert Walker Bush. Born: June 12, 1924. Term in Office: (1989-1993). America Confronts . the Post-Cold . War Era. Bill Clinton: The First Baby-Boomer President. Clinton was a “New” Democrat:. Movement towards the center politically. Tougher on crime, pro-defense, welfare reform. 1992-2004. Chapters 41 and 42. George H. W. Bush. Member in the House of Representatives, 1966-70 . Ambassador to the United Nations in 1971 . Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973. Envoy to China in 1974 . Chapter 41. Introduction. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the democratization of its client regimes in Eastern Europe ended the four-decade-old Cold War and left the United States the world’s sole remaining superpower.. 1989-2008. George Bush #41. Domestic Policy. Budget Deficit: . Regan’s spending practices led to a huge deficit. Bush went back on his promise to not raise taxes.. Civil Rights & Unrest: . Riots in Los Angeles and other cities in 1992 after a jury found white policemen not guilty in beating a black man – Rodney King. Bill Clinton was a new type of Democrat, and his . administration faced . challenges for a new millennium—and scandals as old . as politics. .. His resume. Attorney general of Arkansas at 30. years . Bill Clinton was a new type of Democrat, and his . administration faced . challenges for a new millennium—and scandals as old . as politics. .. His resume. Attorney general of Arkansas at 30. years .