Ch18 - The Decade of the 1990's

Match each person to their correct description.

• Saddam Hussein

• First Black American to serve as the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff; General who took command of Operation Desert Storm

• Clarence Thomas

• U.S. general appointed to lead troops during the Persian Gulf War

• Boris Yelton

• President of the Russian Republic after the Soviet Union collapsed

• Norman Schwarzkopf

• Supreme Court justice appointed by George H. W. Bush; Interpreted the Constitution as an originalist

• Colin Powell

• Dictator of the Middle Eastern country of Iraq

The war between Iraq and US-led forces that began when Iraq invaded Kuwait over oil production was the (a)   . Its first military action was called (b)   .

• Persian Gulf War

• Cold War

• Operation Desert Storm

• Operation Freedom

Answer explanation

The Persian Gulf War was the shortest war Americans had ever been a part of, lasting only 2 and a half months.

What was the treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to stop producing chemical weapons and to begin destroying their existing ones called?

• Operation Desert Storm

• North American Free Trade Agreement

• Oslo Accord

• Chemical Weapons Accord

Answer explanation

Mikhail Gorbachev and President Bush signed the Chemical Weapons Accord In June of 1990.

After the Soviet Union was no longer a nation, most of the former Soviet Republics joined the (a)   .

• Commonwealth of Independent States

• originalists

• North American Free Trade Agreement

President Bush and President Yeltsin met at Camp David to declare that what war was over?

• Persian Gulf War

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Cold War

Match each person to their important role.

• First female Secretary of State

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• Second female Supreme Court Justice

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• First U.S. female attorney general

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What is one who believes the original wording of the Constitution is clear and should be followed in all decisions of the court?

• Constitutionalist

• Literalist

• Originalist

Match the following terms to the correct descriptions.

• Oslo Accords

• 1993 meeting between leaders of Palestine and Israel to bring about peace

• Iraq Liberation Act

• Agreement in which Mexico, the U.S., and Canada agreed not to charge fees or tariffs (taxes) to trade with each other

• North American Free Trade Agreement

• Bill stating that the U.S. should support efforts to remove Saddam Hussein from power and help Iraq form a democratic government

Perhaps one of the greatest accomplishments of President Clinton's time in office was the (a)   .

• unlawful favors to Whitewater Land Development

• steady economy of the United States

• Palestine and Israel agreement

What did first lady Hillary Clinton hope to convince American people to accept that she claimed would cost less than the current plan?

• Cell phone plan

• National healthcare plan

• Car insurance plan

• Education plan

Answer explanation

Most Americans were not ready to give up their current health insurance, so Congress rejected Hillary's plan for the time being.