7th Grade US History - Chapter 26

What bill was designed to allow the president to cut individual items in the federal budget without approval from Congress?

What happened to the federal government two times in late 1995 when the president and Congress could not agree on spending legislation?

Which independent counsel collected and presented evidence for the impeachment of Clinton?

What country tested a nuclear device in 2006?

In what African country did U.S. troops suffer a humiliating defeat while attempting to track down a powerful warlord?

What agreement was intended to bring free trade between the United States and its two neighbors?

What international organization enforces GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)?

The Soviet invasion of what country in 1979 created tension in Soviet-American relations?

What independent candidate received 19 percent of the popular vote in the 1992 presidential election?

• Ross Perot

• Bob Dole

• Bill Clinton

• George H.W. Bush

Which statement is true about the major tax plan that Clinton passed soon after becoming president?

• It balanced the budget.

• It increased taxes by $496 billion.

• It passed by a wide margin.

• It cut taxes on the middle class.