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19 Cards in this Set
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Who was the 41 president?
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George Herbert Walker Bush
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Where was Bush from?
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Texas/Massachusetts
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Who did he defeat in the 1992 presidental election?
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Bill Clinton
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Bush wanted to free elections where?
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Central America
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Who was the dictator of Panama?
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Manuel Noriega
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Sandinista was voted out of power where?
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Nicaragua
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Who goes under regime change?
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El Salvador
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Where did thousands of Chinese students gathered in the Chinese capital of Beijing demanding more freedoms (glasnost)
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Tiananmen Square; May 1989
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Communist hard-liners put down the rebellino killing how many students?
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5,000-7,000
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Who elects a non-communist government in 1989?
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Poland
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On Oct. of 1989 what did East Berliners do?
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They stormed the Berlin Wall
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What happened in April 1990 to hated communist dictator Ceausescu?
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He was murdered by rebels.
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What did food shortages in European communist countries lead to?
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Riots
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Who was elected president of the Russian Republic in 1990.
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Boris eltsin
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What happened at the end of 1991?
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The Soviet Union was formally dissolved.
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In August of 1990 what did the Iraqi army do?
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Invaded the tiny oil rich nation of Kuwait
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The U.S. called for a boycott of all foreign trade with who?
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Iraq
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How many troops did Bush send to Saudi Arabia after Saddam Hussein refused to get out?
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400,000 troops
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A massive ground attack in Feb. of 1992 saw for what with the Iraqi Army?
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They surrendered after just 100 hours of fighting
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