Ch18 - The Decade of the 1990's

Match each person to their correct description.

• Norman Schwarzkopf

• Supreme Court justice appointed by George H. W. Bush; Interpreted the Constitution as an originalist

• Boris Yelton

• U.S. general appointed to lead troops during the Persian Gulf War

• Clarence Thomas

• Dictator of the Middle Eastern country of Iraq

• Saddam Hussein

• President of the Russian Republic after the Soviet Union collapsed

• Colin Powell

• First Black American to serve as the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff; General who took command of Operation Desert Storm

The war between Iraq and US-led forces that began when Iraq invaded Kuwait over oil production was the (a)   . Its first military action was called (b)   .

• Persian Gulf War

• Cold War

• Operation Desert Storm

• Operation Freedom

Answer explanation

The Persian Gulf War was the shortest war Americans had ever been a part of, lasting only 2 and a half months.

What was the treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to stop producing chemical weapons and to begin destroying their existing ones called?

• Operation Desert Storm

• North American Free Trade Agreement

• Oslo Accord

• Chemical Weapons Accord

Answer explanation

Mikhail Gorbachev and President Bush signed the Chemical Weapons Accord In June of 1990.

After the Soviet Union was no longer a nation, most of the former Soviet Republics joined the (a)   .

• Commonwealth of Independent States

• originalists

• North American Free Trade Agreement

President Bush and President Yeltsin met at Camp David to declare that what war was over?

• Persian Gulf War

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Cold War

Match each person to their important role.

• First female Secretary of State

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• Second female Supreme Court Justice

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• First U.S. female attorney general

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What is one who believes the original wording of the Constitution is clear and should be followed in all decisions of the court?

• Constitutionalist

• Literalist

• Originalist

Match the following terms to the correct descriptions.

• Oslo Accords

• 1993 meeting between leaders of Palestine and Israel to bring about peace

• North American Free Trade Agreement

• Bill stating that the U.S. should support efforts to remove Saddam Hussein from power and help Iraq form a democratic government

• Iraq Liberation Act

• Agreement in which Mexico, the U.S., and Canada agreed not to charge fees or tariffs (taxes) to trade with each other

Perhaps one of the greatest accomplishments of President Clinton's time in office was the (a)   .

• unlawful favors to Whitewater Land Development

• steady economy of the United States

• Palestine and Israel agreement

What did first lady Hillary Clinton hope to convince American people to accept that she claimed would cost less than the current plan?

• Cell phone plan

• National healthcare plan

• Car insurance plan

• Education plan

Answer explanation

Most Americans were not ready to give up their current health insurance, so Congress rejected Hillary's plan for the time being.