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Why was Saudi Arabia fearful of Iraq in 1990? |
Iraq had moved troops into Saudi Arabia’s neighbor, Kuwait. |
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This graph shows changes to the national debt. During George H. W. Bush’s presidency, the national debt rose |
from about 1,000,000 million dollars to nearly 5,000,000 million dollars. |
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What was the outcome of the US attack on Iraq in 1991? |
Iraq was forced to accept the UN’s cease-fire terms. |
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A reason President Bush’s approval rating fell at the end of his presidency was that he |
broke a promise not to add taxes. |
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President Bush became unpopular because |
a recession lead to higher unemployment. |
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The environmental legislation signed by President Bush in 1990 |
set stricter standards on pollution from factories. |
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In the 1980s, President Bush proposed legislation to save the banking industry that would cost taxpayers |
billions of dollars. |
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To stop Iraq in 1991, President Bush worked with |
the United Nations. |
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Growing US debt, higher oil prices, rising unemployment, and other challenges in the 1990s caused |
an economic recession. |
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What led to the Los Angeles riots in 1992? |
Police officers were found not guilty in the Rodney King case. |
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The goal of President Bush’s Americans with Disabilities Act was to |
give people with disabilities access to public buildings. |
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A result of the Los Angeles riots was that |
many people were injured or killed. |
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Which was a requirement of the Clean Air Act? |
Cleaner-burning gas had to be used in cars. |
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Which best describes the US invasion of Panama? |
It was successful because President Noriega surrendered after one month. |
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The Savings and Loan Crisis in the 1980s was a result of |
the number of failing banks. |
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To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, |
public buildings had to build ramps. |
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Why did UN coalition troops battle Iraqi forces in 1991? |
Iraq had invaded Kuwait, which was a major source of the world’s oil. |
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The United States began to bomb Iraq in 1991 in an operation called |
Desert Storm |
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What happened when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef on the Alaskan coast? |
millions of gallons of oil spilled |
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President Bush reacted to the Los Angeles riots by |
sending US troops to restore order |
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To pay the government’s debt, President George H. W. Bush decided to |
Increase federal taxes |
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