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Number 1. 41st President of the United States; Elected in November 1988 and served from January 1989 to January 1993

Correct Answer: George H.W. Bush

Number 2. Democratic candidate for president in 1988

Correct Answer: Michael Dukakis

Number 3. Served as vice-president under George H.W. Bush

Correct Answer: Dan Quayle

Number 4. Thousands of pro-democracy supporters congregated in public venue to protest China's communist government; the peaceful protest was broken up by tanks and troops

Correct Answer: Tiananmen Square Incident

Number 5. Soviet policy of restructuring

Correct Answer: Perestroika

Number 6. Soviet policy of openness

Correct Answer: Glasnost

Number 7. Head of Panamanian Defense Forces and made money selling secrets to the CIA; later indicted for drug smuggling, gunrunning, and money laundering and eventually convicted and sentenced to prison after American forces attacked Panama and forces his surrender

Correct Answer: Manuel Noriega

Number 8. Iraqi dictator that invaded Kuwait for its oil reserves; led to U.N. allied invasion to remove Iraqi troops from Kuwait

Correct Answer: Saddam Hussein

Number 9. Build-up of allied military forces in an attempt to intimidate Saddam Hussein and cause him to withdraw Iraqi troops from Kuwait

Correct Answer: Operation Desert Shield

Number 10. Allied invasion of Kuwait and Iraq resulting in the removal of Iraq troops from Kuwait

Correct Answer: Operation Desert Storm

Number 11. Act provided protection against discrimination for Americans with physical or mental disabilities

Correct Answer: Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Act

Number 12. Supreme Court Justice that was nominated by President Bush

Correct Answer: Clarence Thomas

 

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