Review Unit 9 - 1990s & 2000s

Operation Desert Storm was launched in response to Iraq’s invasion of what country?

• Kuwait

• Iran

• Saudi Arabia

• Israel

What government agency, designed to coordinate national efforts to combat terrorism, did George W. Bush create shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

• Department of Homeland Security

• Department of Terrorism

• Department of 9/11 Attacks

• Department of Defense

George H.W. Bush’s popularity as President plummeted near the end of his first term due to what main issue?

• Economic Recession

• Political Scandal

• Personal Scandal

• Persian Gulf War

What piece of legislation, championed by President Clinton, brought Mexico into a free trade zone with Canada and the United States?

• NASDAQ

• NAFTA

• NATO

• WTO

President George H.W. Bush was defeated in the 1992 Presidential Election by?

• Dan Quale

• Ross Perot

• Bill Clinton

• Jerry Falwell

President Clinton, working with the Republican-led Congress, did what for the first time in nearly 30 years?

• A balanced budget

• Universal Healthcare

• Passed a Constitutional Amendment

• Declared war on Afghanistan

Newt Gingrich, a Republican congressman, drafted a document signed by hundreds of other Republican representatives & senators called the

• Contract with America

• Tonkin Gulf Resolution

• Patriot Act

• Department of Homeland Security

President Clinton was brought up on what two impeachment charges?

• Perjury & Obstruction of Justice

• High Crimes and Misdemeanors

• Treason & Bribery

• Deceit & Perestroika

The 2000 Presidential Election ultimately came down to what two candidates?

• George W Bush & Ralph Nader

• George W. Bush & George H.W. Bush

• Al Gore & Ross Perot

• Al Gore & George W. Bush

Al Gore won the popular vote in the 2000 Election, but George W. Bush won the Presidency with more than 270 electoral votes when it was finally determined he was victorious in what state?

• Georgia

• Florida

• Maine

• Nebraska