George H. W. Bush
This man became president after Ronald Reagan.
Who is George H. W. Bush?
This corrupt leader of Panama surrendered to American forces.
Who is Manuel Noriega?
This Arkansas governor won the election of 1992.
Who is Bill Clinton?
Clinton’s healthcare plan was nicknamed this.
What is “Hillarycare”?
This company dominated computer software in the 1990s.
What is Microsoft?
The Exxon Valdez disaster involved this type of pollution.
What is an oil spill?
Bush promised, “Read my lips: no new _____.”
What are taxes?
The Berlin Wall came down in this year.
What is 1989?
This businessman ran as a third-party candidate in 1992.
Who is Ross Perot?
Clinton’s gun control law required this before buying a gun.
What is a background check?
This businessman founded Microsoft.
Who is Bill Gates?
The Clean Air Act tried to reduce this kind of rain.
What is acid rain?
Bush served in this branch of the military during World War II.
What is the airforce?
This Russian leader opposed the Communist coup in 1991.
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
A decline in the economy is called this.
What is a recession?
Clinton asked this vice president to “reinvent government.”
Who is Al Gore?
This news network became popular during the Gulf War.
What is Cable News Network?
The Soviet Union broke apart into this many nations.
What is fifteen?
Bush signed this law to help Americans with disabilities.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Chinese protesters gathered in this famous square demanding freedom.
What is Tiananmen Square?
NAFTA stands for this agreement.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement?
This Republican congressman created the “Contract with America.”
Who is Newt Gingrich?
These small electronic machines became common in homes during the 1990s.
What are personal computers?
The Gulf War lasted about this many hours on the ground.
What is 100 hours?
Bush chose this Indiana politician as his vice president.
Who is Dan Quayle?
This dictator invaded Kuwait in 1990.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
NAFTA involved the United States, Canada, and this country.
What is Mexico?
Question: Parts of the government shut down because Clinton and Congress could not agree on this.
What is the budget?
This conservative cable news channel began during the 1990s.
What is Fox News?
Conservatives worried that this constitutional amendment was being weakened by gun control laws.
What is the Second Amendment?
Question: Bush broke his famous campaign promise by doing this in 1990.
What is raising taxes?
The military operation to free Kuwait was called this.
What is Operation Desert Storm?
This hurricane hurt Bush’s reelection campaign in 1992.
What is Hurricane Andrew?
Clinton encouraged peace in this region of the United Kingdom.
What is Northern Ireland?
These handheld communication devices grew popular during the 1990s.
What are cell phones?
This talk radio host strongly criticized Clinton’s policies in the 1990s.
Who is Rush Limbaugh?