Chapter 18

What experience prepared George H. W. Bush for the White House?

*Mark ALL the correct answers

• his service as an ambassador

• his time as Supreme Court Justice

• his vice presidency

• his work as a congressman

What did Congress pass in 1990 in an attempt to decrease pollution from acid rain and motor vehicles?

• NAFTA

• Clean Air Act

• Oil Pollution Act

Who was the Panamanian leader who surrendered to American forces?

• Manuel Noriega

• Saddam Hussein

• Boris Yeltsin

• Newt Gingrich

Who opposed a communist coup in the USSR?

• Manuel Noriega

• Saddam Hussein

• Boris Yeltsin

• Newt Gingrich

Who was the dictator of Iraq?

• Manuel Noriega

• Saddam Hussein

• Boris Yeltsin

• Newt Gingrich

What was passed by Congress in 1990 in regard to the Exxon Valdez oil spill?

• NAFTA

• Clean Air Act

• Oil Pollution Act

• Save the ducks and seals act

What was the name of the short war in the Persian Gulf in the 1990s where the US and other nations freed Kuwait from Iraqi control?

• Operation Free Kuwait

• Operation Cactus Tornado

• Operation Desert Storm

• Operation Beat Saddam

What agreement in the 1990s allowed trade to take place openly between the US, Mexico, and Canada?

• NAFTA

• Clean Air Act

• Oil Pollution Act

Who defeated George H. W. Bush and Ross Perot in a presidential election?

• Newt Gingrich

• Bill Clinton

• Boris Yeltsin

• Bob Dole

Who was the Republican leader who fought Clinton's ideas and called for a "Contract with America"?

• Newt Gingrich

• Bill Clinton

• Boris Yeltsin

• Bob Dole