The Bush Presidency

Question 1

What is the difference between a mechanical wave and an electromagnetic wave?

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A mechanical wave travels through matter, while an electromagnetic wave travels through empty space.

Question 2

X-raysradio waves✔ infraredgamma rays

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infrared

Question 3

Infraredgamma raysmicrowaves✔ visible light

Question 4

infrared✔ gamma raysradio wavesvisible light

Question 5

President Bush reacted to the Los Angeles riots by

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sending US troops to restore order.

Question 6

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

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the number of failing banks.

Question 7

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 8

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

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an economic recession.

Question 9

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

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increase federal taxes.

Question 10

President Bush became unpopular because

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a recession led to higher unemployment.

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