In November 1990 the UN Security Council authorized member states to use "all necessary means" unless Iraq left Kuwait by January 15, 1991. Air strikes began January 17 and a ground offensive on February 24. What was the US-led operation called?

American troops joined a United Nations relief mission in this country in December 1992. A raid in its capital on October 3, 1993 turned into an overnight firefight in which 18 US soldiers were killed. Where did this happen?

In November 1995 the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia negotiated at an Air Force base near Dayton, Ohio, and signed the result in Paris on December 14, ending a three and a half year war in Bosnia. What is this agreement called?

NATO began bombing Yugoslav targets on March 24, 1999 over the treatment of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, flew 78 days of strikes with no ground invasion, and Yugoslav forces pulled out of Kosovo in June. What was this campaign called?

On March 12, 1999 three former Warsaw Pact countries were admitted to NATO at a ceremony in Independence, Missouri, the alliance's first eastward enlargement after the Cold War. Which three countries joined?

A 1991 coup had removed Haiti's elected president. In September 1994, with US troops already in the air, a delegation of Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell and Sam Nunn persuaded the ruling generals to step aside. What was the US operation called?

Truck bombs destroyed the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7, 1998, killing 224 people. Thirteen days later American ships fired cruise missiles at targets in Sudan and Afghanistan. What was that retaliatory strike called?

Supporters said it would cut prices and widen export markets; Ross Perot said factory jobs would move to Mexico. The House passed it 234-200 in November 1993 and it took effect January 1, 1994. What did the North American Free Trade Agreement do?

A round of global trade talks concluded in 1994 created a permanent organization on January 1, 1995 with the power to set trade rules and settle disputes between member nations, taking over from the old GATT. What was created?

Netscape Communications had been founded barely a year earlier and was not yet profitable when it sold shares to the public on August 9, 1995 and the stock more than doubled on its first day. What did this help set off?

Until 1993 the World Wide Web was used mostly by researchers working in plain text. Mosaic, released that year by a university computing center, displayed pictures beside text and worked by clicking on links. What was Mosaic?

Through the 1990s American firms shifted production overseas and imports of manufactured goods rose while prices for many of them fell. Critics pointed to closed factories; supporters pointed to cheaper goods. What is this process called?

The 1993 budget law raised income tax rates on high earners, spending limits held, and the economy grew steadily. In fiscal year 1998 the federal government took in more than it spent. What was notable about that surplus?

Older computer programs stored the year as two digits, so businesses and governments spent billions of dollars checking and rewriting code before January 1, 2000. What was the worry that drove all that work?

Six weeks before the 1994 midterms, more than 300 Republican House candidates signed a ten-bill program on the Capitol steps promising a balanced-budget amendment, term limits and welfare changes. What was that program called?

In November 1994 Republicans gained 54 House seats and eight Senate seats, took both chambers, and defeated the sitting Speaker in his own district. Who became Speaker of the House when the new Congress met in January 1995?

A law signed in August 1996 ended Aid to Families with Dependent Children, sent block grants to the states in its place, added work requirements and set a five-year lifetime limit on cash assistance. What was this law?

Signed November 30, 1993 and named for a press secretary wounded in the 1981 attempt on President Reagan's life, this law required a five-day wait and a background check before a licensed dealer could hand over a handgun. Name it.

The largest crime bill Congress had ever passed, signed September 13, 1994, paid for 100,000 additional police officers and banned certain semiautomatic firearms and magazines holding more than ten rounds for ten years. What was it?

A Texas businessman ran for president in 1992 as an independent, spent his own money, campaigned on the federal deficit with televised charts, took 18.9 percent of the popular vote and carried no state. Who was he?

On February 26, 1993 a truck bomb exploded in an underground parking garage, killing six people and injuring more than a thousand, though the buildings above stayed standing and reopened weeks later. What was bombed?

On December 19, 1998 the House approved two articles of impeachment against President Clinton. The Senate trial ended on February 12, 1999 with votes of 45-55 and 50-50, well short of the two-thirds needed. What followed?

After the October 1993 firefight in Mogadishu, in which 18 US soldiers were killed and footage of the dead was broadcast at home, what did President Clinton decide to do about the mission in Somalia?

A truck bomb destroyed a nine-story federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, killing 168 people, including 19 children in its day-care center. What did the investigation establish about who carried it out?

President Clinton proposed a health plan in 1993 requiring employers to cover their workers. Insurers advertised against it and Republicans opposed it. What happened to it?

Mikhail Gorbachev resigned on December 25, 1991 and the Soviet flag came down over the Kremlin that evening. What followed?

Republicans held both chambers of Congress in 1995 and pressed for a balanced budget; President Clinton vetoed their spending bills over cuts to Medicare, education and the environment. What happened when agencies ran out of money?

Put these three events in the order they happened: the House impeached President Clinton; a coalition ground offensive drove Iraqi forces out of Kuwait; the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect.

Put these three events in the order they happened: NATO began its air campaign over Kosovo; the Dayton Accords ended the war in Bosnia; the Soviet Union dissolved.

Put these three events in the order they happened: a bomb destroyed a federal building in Oklahoma City; Republicans won control of the House of Representatives; a bomb exploded in the garage under the World Trade Center.