President(s) Bush!
President George W. Bush's greatest challenge during his second term in office was what natural disaster?
Hurricane Katrina
True or False: President Bill Clinton is the only U.S. President in recent history to oversee a budget surplus (when the USA makes more money than it spends).
True
Osama bin Laden
The pro-democracy uprising in Tiananmen Square took place in the late 1980s in what country?
China
Most known for his desire to build a wall along the United States' southern border, this President won his election in spite of losing the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes. He has served as our president since January 20, 2017.
President Donald J. Trump
Shortly after 9/11, President George W. Bush signed into law a new set of surveillance laws that allowed for the Federal Government to read emails, listen to phone calls, and read text messages without a search warrant. What is this law known as?
The Patriot Act
President Bill Clinton was hesitant to get involved with foreign wars during his presidency because he had lived through the difficulty of what past U.S. conflict?
The Vietnam War
Why was President Barack Obama able to pass a healthcare law when President Clinton was not?
Because during the first two years of President Obama's term, the Democratic Party was in control of the House, the Senate, and the Presidency.
Between 1900 and 2000, the percentage of Americans who worked in the agriculture industry dropped from ______% to ______%.
50% to 2%
Serving as our nation's leader from 2009 until 2017, this American president oversaw the passage of a controversial healthcare law. In the 2008 election, this man earned more votes from the American people than any American presidential candidate in history has ever earned, before or since.
President Barack Obama
Our 41st president, George H.W. Bush, made a promise in the 1988 presidential campaign that he was unable to keep. What promise to the American people did end up having to break?
He promised that there would be no new taxes on the American people.
One of President Bill Clinton's most popular moves as president was to sign a law that guaranteed Americans could have time off from work to have babies or deal with serious medical issues without having to fear being fired. This is known as what? (I will accept the full name OR the acronym)
FMLA or The Family and Medical Leave Act
Under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, children are able to stay on their parents' insurance policies until what age?
26
What currency (money) to most European Union nations use?
The Euro
Serving as our nation's leader from 2001 until 2009, this president left office with an economy in shambles, unemployment rising, and departed with the lowest approval rating of any American president in modern times.
President George W. Bush
In October of 2001, a terrorist attacked the USA using the extremely dangerous bacteria that causes Anthrax. Five people were killed by these attacks. Who employed the man believed to have carried out these attacks?
The U.S. Government
President Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives, however he still served his full term in the White House. Why was he not forced to leave the Presidency early?
Because the Senate found him not guilty (of treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors).
In what is one of the least popular parts of the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare), the Federal Government forced Americans to _______________, even if they didn't want to.
Purchase health insurance
In the controversial 2000 presidential election between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush, the state that determined the winner of the election was ___________.
Florida
This American president served two terms from 1993 until 2001. People who like him tend to cite the powerful US economy during his term. People who don't like him tend to focus on his decision to engage in a relationship with a White House intern. Although this president is white, his extremely high popularity in the black community led many African American leaders to jokingly refer to him as "the first black President."
President Bill Clinton
President George W. Bush's greatest positive legacy is a program to deal with the problem of AIDS in Africa. This program is believed to have saved 21 million lives to date. What is the program called?
PEPFAR
Why was President Clinton impeached by the House of Representatives in 1998?
Because he lied under oath about his relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
While President Trump gave the go-ahead on this project soon after taking office, President Obama stopped the project due to concerns about environmental damage. What project are we talking about?
Keystone XL Oil Pipeline
What formerly communist European nation split apart in the 1990s into these six smaller countries: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Macedonia?
Yugoslavia
This President served as our nation's leader from 1989 until 1993, and is the last American president to lose while running for re-election.
George H. W. Bush