The Bush Presidency

Question 1

Who did President Bush order to clean up after the Exxon Valdez incident?

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the US government

Question 2

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 3

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

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an economic recession.

Question 4

President Bush reacted to the Los Angeles riots by

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sending US troops to restore order.

Question 5

President Bush became unpopular because

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a recession led to higher unemployment.

Question 6

Why was Saudi Arabia fearful of Iraq in 1990?

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

Question 7

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

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Desert Storm.

Question 8

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 9

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

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used chemical weapons against his own people.

Question 10

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

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increase federal taxes.

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