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Question 1

What happened when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef on the Alaskan coast?

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Millions of gallons of oil spilled.

Question 2

Why was Saudi Arabia fearful of Iraq in 1990?

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Iraq had moved troops into Saudi Arabia’s neighbor, Kuwait.

Question 3

The United States began to bomb Iraq in 1991 in an operation called

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Desert Storm.

Question 4

To comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act,

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public buildings had to build ramps.

Question 5

As the leader of Iraq in the 1990s, Saddam Hussein

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used chemical weapons against his own people.

Question 6

Why did President Bush send troops to invade Panama in 1989?

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Panama’s president was accused of sending drugs into the United States.

Question 7

What was the outcome of the US attack on Iraq in 1991?

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Iraq was forced to accept the UN’s cease-fire terms.

Question 8

Who did President Bush order to clean up after the Exxon Valdez incident?

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the Exxon company

Question 9

President Bush reacted to the Los Angeles riots by

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sending US troops to restore order.

Question 10

The goal of President Bush’s Americans with Disabilities Act was to

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give people with disabilities access to public buildings.

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