the bush presidency
George H. Bush, Faced many problems throughout his presidency. In his campaigning he promised "No New Taxes", Republicans, feeling betrayed by this bill, struck down Bush's proposal to cut spending and decrease the deficit by $500 Billion over the next 5 years. Bush was now without a plan and decided to accept the democratic proposal to increase spending and raise taxes. This acceptance caused him to be alienated by republicans altogether and destroyed his popularity.
Operation Desert Storm
In August 1990 Iraq invaded, with the intention of annexing, kuwait because of longstanding conflict between the two nations in which iraq believed kuwait was its property. The entire world was against this invasion, and the united nations created a coalition of troops from Saudi Arabia and The United States which pursued the goal of destroying the Iraqi forces. After the initial ground invasion the coalition liberated kuwait and advanced into iraqi territory. The united nations then created a cease fire, the controversies over enforcing this cease fire are what caused the 2003 war in iraq.
the 92 election of bill clinton
Although George H. W. Bush fought hard to be reelected in the 1992 election he had lost most all of his popularity when he broke his campaign promise of, "No New Taxes," and his strongest feat, foreign policy, was deemed unimportant after the defeat of Iraq in the gulf war in 1991. The American people were looking for a new face in politics.
world Trade center bombing 93
In 1993 there was a plot devised to blow up the world trade center in an effort to curve US support for israel. They parked a truck full of explosives in a parking garage under the world trade center with the intention to decimate the support to the bottom of the first world trade center causing it to fall onto and knock over the second. However the plot was thwarted when the first tower did not fall over. They were later caught and charged with conspiracy and transporting explosives across state lines. Although the explosion only killed six people it injured thousands and destroyed the underground side of the world trade center.
Nelson mandela
Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994 and was the first ever Black President of the country, ending the apartheid rule of the white supremacists in south africa. This is mainly what his presidency focused on as well, dismantling the institution of racism and inequality throughout South Africa.
Rwanda
In 1994 the world watched in awe as the Hutu government murdered a countless number of tutsi and hutu people as the west did nothing. The majority of the murders were committed with blades so the rivers literally ran red with blood.