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=** RACHEL SHAFFER **=  =**--Berlin Wall opens in November 1989** = = = =**--October 4, 1990 Germany becomes one nation again** = = = =**--1990 Soviet government allows people to own land and business' privately** = = = =**--Bush was cautious but excited about democratic movement in East Europe** = = = =**--In Nicaragua****, Bush had a less militant approach then Reagan** = = = =**--Manuel Noriega, Panama dictator, was charged with drug smuggling** = = = =**--Bush sends U.S. forces to Panama on Dec. 20, 1989** = = = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">**--Economic sanctions- limits on trade and investment** = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">**--Used economic sanctions to persuade S. African government to end apartheid.** = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">**--Divestiture- U.S. closed business' and sold stocks from factories in South Africa** = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">**--F. W. de Klerk was elected president of South Africa** = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">**--He wanted to ease racial tension** = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">**--Klerk wanted to free Nelson Mandela, an African American opponent of apartheid.** = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">**--Mandela had been in prison for 27 years.** = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">**--Aug. 2, 1990 Saddam Hussein & Iraqi troops invade Kuwait** = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">**--President Bush sends U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia** = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"> = =<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">**--Saddam threatened to use poison gas during war with Americans** = ==