Clinton & Bush

Question 1

Bob Dole

Answer 1

Attorney and retired US senator from Kansas

Question 2

Colin Powell

Answer 2

Secretary of State under Bush. 1st African American is this position

Question 3

Condoleezza Rice

Answer 3

Secretary of State under bush after Colin Powell. 1st African American woman in this position

Question 4

Dick Cheney

Answer 4

Bush’s VP

Question 5

Donald Rumsfeld

Answer 5

Secretary of defense under Bush who:

• wanted war in Iraq
• led invasion of Afghanistan
• came up with term “war on terror”

Question 6

George H.W Bush

Answer 6

Republican president from 1989-1992 and continued Reaganomics

Question 7

George Tenet

Answer 7

Testified before public hearing of 9/11 investigation commission

Question 8

George W. Bush

Answer 8

Won 2000 election after 5 weeks of court cases and recounts. Won reelection in 2004

Question 9

Hillary Clinton

Answer 9

Led healthcare reform but it was unsuccessful

Question 10

Jim McDougal

Answer 10

Him and his wife were involved in the whitewater affair and were sent to jail

Question 11

John Kerry

Answer 11

Current Secretary of State. He ran for president against Bush in 2004

Question 12

Kenneth Star

Answer 12

Judge and official in reagan’s justice department who investigated the after the Monica Lewinsky scandal

Question 13

Linda Tripp

Answer 13

Recorded conversations with Monica Lewinsky where she admitted the affair

Question 14

Monica Lewinsky

Answer 14

Intern during government shutdown who had an affair with Bill Clinton

Question 15

Newt Gingrich

Answer 15

Republican speaker of the house who’s ideas were very unpopular

Question 16

Nouri al-Maliki

Answer 16

Shite prime minister who didn’t let Sunnis in which let to Al Qaeda

Question 17

Osama Bin Laden

Answer 17

Leader of Al Qaeda

Question 18

Paula Jones

Answer 18

Sued Clinton for sexual harassment

Question 19

Robert Gate

Answer 19

Microsoft billionaire computer entrepreneur

Question 20

Ross Perot

Answer 20

Battled with Clinton over free trade but eventually gave approval for North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement which made less barriers for trade between the US, Mexico and Canada. Government shutdown until it was resolved

Question 21

Timothy McVeign

Answer 21

Anti-government militant who led the Oklahoma City bombing

Question 22

Al Qaeda

Answer 22

Sunnis opposed to Nouri al-Maliki

Question 23

Brady Bill

Answer 23

Gun control act signed by Clinton

Question 24

Contract with America

Answer 24

Proposed smaller government, set term limits, more personal responsibility, more republican

Question 25

Dayton Peace Accords

Answer 25

Ended war over former Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia

Question 26

DOMA

Answer 26

Defense of Marriage act legalized gay marriage

Question 27

Don't ask Don't Tell Policy

Answer 27

Prohibited discrimination against gays in the military

Question 28

Events in Bosnia

Answer 28

Civil war between Muslims and Christians. US sent Richard Holdbrooke to bring them together

Question 29

Events in Haiti

Answer 29

Clinton sent troops to put the ousted president back into power

Question 30

Events in Rwanda

Answer 30

1994 genocide killed 800,000 (ethnic cleansing)

Question 31

Family Medical Leave Act

Answer 31

Clinton passed this so woman could have a family without loosing their job

Question 32

Guantanamo Bay & Abu Ghraib prison camps

Answer 32

Prisoners were mistreated and humiliated. Abu Ghraib was outside, no real bathrooms

Question 33

NAFTA

Answer 33

open trade with Mexico and Canada but people were afraid of this

Question 34

No child left behind

Answer 34

Tried to give advantage to disadvantaged children and it set standards that schools had to meet or they would be shut down

Question 35

Oklahoma bombing

Answer 35

Truck bomb explosion killed 168 people in the federal office building

Question 36

Patriot act

Answer 36

Gave the government extended surveillance rights

Question 37

Taliban

Answer 37

Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan