Arvada West 12

  • Bushes First Champaign

    Bushes First Champaign
    Bush ran for president but lost to Ronald Regan, But was Elected Vice President.
  • bush acts president

    bush acts president
    Ronald regan was shot, bush was quickly notified and was rushed back to the white house to take over as president. once regan recovered, bush returned to his duties as vice president.
  • Vice presidency

    Vice presidency
    bush faced many resposibilities and duties as vice president such as federal deregulation, anti drug programs, visiting foreign countries, and attending funerals.
  • bushes second campaign for presidency

    bushes second campaign for presidency
    Bush Tried once again for the Republican nomination with with Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate.
  • Victory

    Victory
    Bush was inaugerated, beating Dukakis in the election. Bush was entered into a changing world with the fall of the soviet union and the destruction of the berlin wall, bush had to create a new foreign policy for the u.s tward the new changing nations.
  • meeting leaders

    meeting leaders
    Bush was sent to meet with the soviet union just after the berlin wall fell. the meeting between the Soviet General Secretary, Mikhail Gorbachev and president Bush. the meeting was to make sure that the soviets and the U.S would not start or ever begin a nuclear war. this was an important step in ending the cold war.
  • failed attempt

    failed attempt
    operation desert storm failed to despose of Saddam Hussein.
  • going civil rights

    bush signed the "Americans with disabilities act" one of the most powerful pro civil rights bill.
  • End of the cold war

    End of the cold war
    Bush and Gorbachev end the cold war with the signing of the the START and US-Russian strategic partnership treaty.
  • Time for change

    Time for change
    American people voted for a new president due to the bad economic conditions