The Bush Presidency

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Why was Saudi Arabia fearful of Iraq in 1990?
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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
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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?
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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
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broke a promise not to add taxes.
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President Bush became unpopular because
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a recession lead to higher unemployment.
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The environmental legislation signed by President Bush in 1990
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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
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billions of dollars.
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To stop Iraq in 1991, President Bush worked with
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the United Nations.
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Growing US debt, higher oil prices, rising unemployment, and other challenges in the 1990s caused
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an economic recession.
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What led to the Los Angeles riots in 1992?
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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
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give people with disabilities access to public buildings.
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A result of the Los Angeles riots was that
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many people were injured or killed.
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Which was a requirement of the Clean Air Act?
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Cleaner-burning gas had to be used in cars.
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Which best describes the US invasion of Panama?
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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
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the number of failing banks.
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To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act,
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public buildings had to build ramps.
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Why did UN coalition troops battle Iraqi forces in 1991?
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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
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Desert Storm
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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
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President Bush reacted to the Los Angeles riots by
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sending US troops to restore order
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To pay the government's debt, President George H. W. Bush decided to
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Increase federal taxes