Chapter 22 • Section 4 - Lessons from Mr. LeBlanc



Chapter 22 • Section 4 Name _______________________________

End of the Cold War

A “New World Order” - President George HW Bush

1) In what three countries did the first President Bush have a crisis to face with his foreign policy?

Clinton’s Foreign Successes/Failures (Ch 23.3 pg 786)

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With the Cold War over, the Clinton administration focused on bringing stability to the Middle East and southeastern Europe, where religious and ethnic strife had contributed to ongoing violence.

In the late 1980s, the United States faced a series of international crises. The Cold War came to an end in Europe, but events in the Middle East soon led the United States into its first major war since Vietnam.

Explain why Panama, and Manuel Noriega, was a concern for President Bush?

How did Bush and the United Nations first attempt to solve the problem in the Persian Gulf?

MIDDLE EAST

What event triggered the Persian Gulf War?

What did Bush do about the Panama situation?

PANAMA

TIANANMEN SQUARE

Why did the United States stop arms sales and reduce diplomatic contact with China?

What surprising event happened in Tiananmen Square (in Communist China) in 1989?

Using the map on pg 763, identify the “new” Europe as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union:

1. Albania

2. Belarus

3. Bosnia

4. Bulgaria

5. Croatia

6. Czech Republic

7. Estonia

8. Germany

9. Hungary

10. Latvia

11. Lithuania

12. Moldova

13. Poland

14. Romania

15. Russia

16. Slovakia

17. Slovenia

18. Ukraine

19. Yugoslavia

How long was the aerial attack of Iraq?

How long did the ground war last?

How many Iraqi soldiers killed?

How many US coalition (UN) troops killed?

What was the result?

OPERATION DESERT STORM

Why did Clinton order an invasion of Haiti?

Why was their no fighting?

LATIN AMERICA

EASTERN EUROPE

Clinton sent troops into both countries to prevent ethnic cleansing. What is ethnic cleansing?

What was the primary reason that Bosnia and Kosovo each had civil wars?

What was the end result?

What two parties did Clinton bring together at the White House to talk peace?

MIDDLE EAST

AFRICA INFO NOT IN YOUR BOOK:

SOMALIA: Warlords rule the country, starving and killing thousands of innocent citizens. Failed military efforts to control the situation result in dead US soldiers being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. Clinton withdraws all US troops and the government is Somalia government is left in turmoil.

RWANDA: As a result of the failure in Somalia, Clinton and the UN were hesitant to send in troops to stop the genocide by corrupt warlord rulers in Rwanda. Consequently 800,000 Tutsi citizens were murdered.

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