US History - Clinton Presidency

Open Ended

How do we define terrorism?  What makes a president successful?

Multiple Choice

President 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?

• World War II

• Vietnam War

• Persian Gulf War

• This means war

Multiple Choice

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

• China

• Kuwait

• Soviet Union

• Cuba

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

Idea to fix stagflation with massive tax cuts

• REAGANOMICS

• PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH

• BIG STICK DIPLOMACY

• INFLATION

Multiple Choice

Former governor of Arkansas who won the 1992 presidential election. He portrayed himself as a "New Democrat", survived several scandals, and won reelection in 1996.

• Barack Obama 

• George H.W. Bush 

• Bill Clinton

• Jimmy Carter 

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

What is considered to be Clinton's biggest achievement?

• War in Bosnia

• NAFTA

• a balanced budget

• impeachment

• no answer

Multiple Choice

NAFTA supports trade with which nations?

• Britain and France

• Germany and Bosnia

• Mexico and Canada

• China and Russia

Multiple Choice

The East African Coast was the sight of which Humanitarian relief effort of the United Nations in the 1990's?

• Somalia

• Bosnia

• Persian Gulf

• Rwanda

Open Ended

What is terrorism?

Multiple Choice

Riots in what city stressed race relations in the United States after the Rodney King Trial?

• Los Angeles

• Chicago

• Detroit

• New York

Multiple Choice

Timothy McVeigh detonated a bomb in an office building in what city in 1995?

• Oklahoma City

• Kansas City

• Jackson City

• Johnson City