In 1998, two years after signing the dayton accords, serbia
united with bosnia.
welcomed nato.
resumed fighting.
stopped fighting.

president bush’s approval rating fell at the end of his presidency in part because he
lost the persian gulf war.
sent us troops to panama.
failed to stop the oklahoma city bombing.
broke his promise not to raise new taxes.

which statement describes how the united states reacted to rwanda’s genocide of the tutsi people?
the united states withdrew troops from rwanda before they could be effective.
the united states threatened to invade rwanda if the genocide did not stop.
the united states failed to get involved in rwanda when tutsi people were being killed.
the united states killed tutsi people while trying to stop the conflict.

as a result of the gulf war,
saddam hussein fell from power.
bush’s popularity soared.
oil prices fell to an all-time low.
kuwaiti soldiers set iraqi oil wells on fire.

which of the following best describes the us economy in 1998 during president clinton’s term?
it was in a recession.
it was in a depression.
the federal budget was balanced.
the deficit was somewhat lowered.

when george h. w. bush became president, the us government was deep in debt. bush was forced to
start a war with iraq.
compromise with congress.
resign from office.
close the failing banks.

why did us and coalition troops try to stop iraq’s invasion of kuwait?
the united nations would fail without kuwait’s support.
the world depended on kuwait for oil.
stopping iraq would remove hussein from power.
stopping iraq would ensure peace in the middle east.

one of president clinton’s goals to improve the economy was
to have the states bear the burden of lowering the deficit.
to make us citizens responsible for lowering the deficit.
to share the responsibility for government debt reduction.
to take all of the responsibility for government debt reduction.

1. resumed fighting.

The Dayton accords was initially made in order to end the Yugoslav wars that occurred for almost 4 years. 2 years after the agreement, Serbia and republic of Montenegro were involved in the Kosovo war versus the Kosovo liberation army

2. broke his promise not to raise new taxes.

Ever since the decision to enter war with Iraq, many citizens started to fear that the government would need to raise taxes in order to fund the war. Bush promised not to raise taxes in order to get support from the people. But he broke this promise in November 1990.

3. The United States failed to get involved in Rwanda when Tutsi people were being killed.

The conflict in Rwanda occurs after United states involved itself in the conflict in Somalia (which resulted in financial and military disaster for united states).  Fearing that involving in new conflict would result in hundred of millions lost, united states decided to not get involved in Rwanda.

4. Bush’s popularity soared.

After the victory that achieved in the Gulf War, The approval rating for President Bush soared from 66% to 84%. But his approval rating plummeted down in the year after because of the economic blow back that happen after the war.

5. The federal budget was balanced.

The balance was being done by increasing the tax for upper middle class citizens and by rearranging tax allocation from the army to other sectors such as social security. Because of this policy, Bill Clinton was credited for the economic booms that happened during his presidency.

6. compromise with Congress.

The compromise was later known as the 1990 budget agreement. In 1990s, the government was experiencing a budget deficit due to the expense from the war. Congress persisted to increase taxes in order to cover for the deficit while Bush insisted to cover the deficit by reducing spending.

They eventually settle to the middle ground (they increase less amount of tax and reduce less amount of spending compared to what they both initially proposed)

7. The world depended on Kuwait for oil.

At that time, Kuwait exported about 30% of oil supplies for western nations. The coalition feared that if Iraq managed to invade Kuwait, they would obtain the oil resources and rise the price of the oil or even completely cut off the western nations.

8. to share the responsibility for government debt reduction.

He initiated a shared responsibility between the government and the citizens. The government would do its part by reducing the amount of government spending while the citizens do its part by accepting the raise in income taxes.

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