The Bush Presidency

Question 1

Growing US debt, higher oil prices, rising unemployment, and other challenges in the 1990s caused

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an economic recession.

Question 2

As the leader of Iraq in the 1990s, Saddam Hussein

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used chemical weapons against his own people.

Question 3

What was the outcome of the US attack on Iraq in 1991?

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Iraq was forced to accept the UN’s cease-fire terms.

Question 4

Why was Saudi Arabia fearful of Iraq in 1990?

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Iraq had moved troops into Saudi Arabia’s neighbor, Kuwait.

Question 5

To pay the government’s debt, President George H. W. Bush decided to

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increase federal taxes.

Question 6

What happened when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef on the Alaskan coast?

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Millions of gallons of oil spilled.

Question 7

The United States began to bomb Iraq in 1991 in an operation called

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Desert Storm.

Question 8

The Savings and Loan Crisis in the 1980s was a result of

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the number of failing banks.

Question 9

The goal of President Bush’s Americans with Disabilities Act was to

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give people with disabilities access to public buildings.

Question 10

Which statement best describes economic conditions when President George H. W. Bush took office?

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The United States had a growing national debt.

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