End of the Cold War / George H.W. Bush’s presidency

What do Mikhail Gorbachev's policies of Glasnost & Perestroika mean in English?

• crash & burn

• Tear down this wall

• openness & restructuring

• I am a jelly donut

• democracy & capitalism

Who was the last Soviet premier (leader)?

• Boris Yeltsin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Borat Sagdiyev

Who ran for president in 1988?

• Ronald Reagan

• George H. W. Bush

• Jesse Jackson

• Michael Dukakis

George Bush promised to

• raise taxes on the wealthy

• not add new taxes

• lower taxes

• reduce the national debt

Jesse Jackson was the first African American to run for president as a member of a major political party.

• True

• False

George Bush broke his "no new taxes" promise as president.

• True

• False

What caused the Persian Gulf War?

• The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
• Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
• The Stock Market crashed
• The Japanese bombed North Korea

Who was the Iraqi leader?

• Hunter Walker
• Saddam Hussein
• George H.W. Bush
• Adolph Hitler

Where did the 1989 protests take place?

• Hong Kong

• Tiananmen Square

• The Great Wall of China

• Shanghai

Who made up the majority of protestors at Tiananmen Square?

• doctors

• teachers

• students

• children