George Bush Snr

• What two important acts did he pass in 1990?

  the disability act which forbade discrimination based on disability and a clear air act.
• during his presidency, the budget deficit had trebled in size between 1980 and 1990.
• The budget deficit continued to grow and in 1992 14% of Americans lived in poverty.
• There was serious race riots in 1992 in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Birmingham, Seattle and Chicago.