When did the great recession 1st start?
2007.
When did the Iraq War begin?
In 2003.
Who was involved in the Clinton Scandal? (Not Clinton)
Monica Lewinsky.
Why did the Bush Administration created the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
It was created to protect the U.S. from any terrorist attacks
When did the Oklahoma bombing happen?
Apirl 19, 1995
What happened in 2008?
The banks went bankrupt, making the Great Recession significantly worse and making the other banks barely lend out loans. Now, people can’t get loans to afford things like cars.
What does WMD'stand for?
Weapons of Mass Destruction
What did NAFTA do?
Allowed duty-free trade between Canada, America, and Mexico
What caused Bush's approval to decrease?
Soldiers deaths.
What country was Osama Bin Laden hiding in?
Afghanistan.
How much did the Great Recession's unemployment rates rise?
10%
Where there any connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda?
No
Who was the prosecutor for the Clinton scandal?
Kenneth Starr
Who was Bush up against in the 2004 election?
John Kerry.
How many planes were hijacked during 9/11?
4.
What are Subprime mortgages?
Loans are given out to people who want to buy a house but have bad credit.
As the war continued to go on, what did Bush have to focus on?
Bush was forced to direct his focus from Iraq to a crisis at home that threatened the US w/ economic collapse.
When did the rumors of Lewinsky and Clinton begin?
1997.
What did many people think about Hurricane Katrina and Bushs actions.
Many people thought that George W. Bush didn’t really do anything to help the people it affected.
Which extremist group supported Al Qaeda?
Taliban.
What took a big hit in the Great Recession?
The automobile industry almost made Chrysler go bankrupt, but it was helped financially by the government.
The US and who occupied Iraq after the war?
Great Britain.
When did Clinton testify about the sexual relationship w/ Lewinsky?
August 1998.
How many soldiers ended up being sent out in Iraq after the surge?
170,000 troops.
Who was one of the people involved in the Oklahoma bombing.
Timothy McVeigh, Michael Fortier, Terry Nichols.