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Describe why the Persian Gulf War occurred and give an example of how it affected Americans.

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The Persian Gulf War occurred because Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. George H.W. Bush deployed 200,000 troops to the Middle East to stop the invasion and was successful. It affected the United States in a couple of different ways. First, it increased George H.W. Bush’s popularity with the American people. It also was the first time Americans could watch a war taking place on television, and it was the beginning of news cable networking stations, such as CNN.

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