Post-Cold War America: Bush, Clinton & Bush

President George HW Bush and the United Nations sent in troops in January 1991, their goal was the restore peace in Kuwait. What was the name of this conflict, which lasted six weeks?

• War in Afghanistan

• War on Terror

• Persian Gulf War

• Operation Iraqi Liberation

Who did President Bill Clinton appoints to create the promised affordable healthcare?

• Ross Perot

• Hillary Clinton

• Dr. Phil

• Al Gore

Bill Clinton's affordable healthcare plan never passed and was attacked for being "big government".  

• True 
• False 

The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country fell?

• China
• Kuwait
• Soviet Union
• Cuba

What was the name of Iraq's Dictator, who ordered the invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, for which the US forced their withdraw in the 1991 Gulf War?

• Anwar Sadat
• Osama Bin Laden
• Mumamar Quadafi 
• Saadam Hussein

What happened to Bill Clinton's plan for affordable health care for all Americans?

• Congress approved the plan
• Congress denied the plan
• The Supreme Court outlawed the plan
• The Supreme Court approved the plan

In 1987, Ronald Reagan delivered his famous “Tear down this wall!” speech in Berlin, Germany. What was the effect when the Berlin Wall did finally come down?

• Germans were mad that the wall had been torn down.

• East and West Berlin were united.

• They were surprised to learn that the Berlin Wall really existed.

NAFTA supports trade with which nations?

• Britain and France

• Germany and Bosnia

• Mexico and Canada

• China and Russia

George Bush was famous for saying: "read my lips...

• American is the greatest country on earth

• I will never tell a lie

• no new taxes

• all is well that ends well

What happened for the 1st time in 30 years in the US economy under Bill Clinton?

• The economy had a budget surplus

• The economy had a budget deficit

• The government took more control of the economy

• The government became more totalitarian