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=The Election of 1988 = Vice President George H.W.Bush

- Many candidates were eager to run against Bush in the 1988 election like Senator J. Danforth and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Reverend Jesse Jackson led the group. - The voter wanted to keep the peace and prosperity of the Reagan era. -He served as a member of congress,as an ambassador ,and as a director of the Central Intelligence Agency. -He tried to maintain a balance between continuing the polices of Reagan years and working more closely with the Democratic-controlled congress. -George H.W. Bush view in his campaign had said that they needed to control the illegal drugs spreading he appointed William Bennett to be the "Drug Czar" for the war on drugs. In 1990 the former governor of Florida Bob Martinez replaced William Bennett. -1989 Bush called a conference of the nation's governors to set national goals for education. -The head of EPA is William Reilly, 1990 he put in a law of bill to reduce air pollution better. - That Bush closed 17 military plants that had manufactured nuclear weapons were closed. - Cleaning up cost $200 billion dollars -S&L had long financed mortgages or loans for Americans buying homes. -1990 a recession in New England led to more savings bank failures. -By 1990's the collapse of many S&Ls weakened the Nation's banking system in general. - That Bush promised not to raise taxes -The taxes increased on cigarettes, alcohol, and gasoline, and tax cut in different areas. -1989 the Supreme Court struck down a Texas law that had made the burning of the American Flag a crime. - The judge Brennan retired then Souter took his place as judge. -Took his seat on the supreme court in Oct. 1990. =A World In Transition= - That one of the creators of cold war policy was now announcing that the cold war was over, the collapse of the communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe helped to ease world tensions. - When a crisis erupted in the middle East in 1990,the US and the Soviet Union found themselves on the same side, a rare event in the years following WW 2. -Those who attempted a revolt, like the '' Freedom Fighters" of Hungary in 1956 were harshly put down. - In1989 and 1990 the bloc changed radically. - In 1981 the Polish government had outlawed solidarity, and independent labor union. - 1990 the president of Walsea as the president of poland and allowed everything that was banned in 1981. - November 9,1989 the wall was brought down hundreds of East Berliners visited the West Berlin. - October 4, 1990 Germany divided for 45 years by the cold war and became one nation again. - Czechoslovakia the communist government was forced to resign in 1989 - Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife was captured and tried and executed in December of 1989 - 7 Soviet republics, including Lithuania and Estonia, demanded independence - Bush 1990 budget called for only a small reduction. - Manuel Noriega Panama dictator and friend of US. 