Late 1800s – Early 1900s U.S. Immigration, Labor, and Political Movements Practice Test

The Gulf War is the conflict that fits this description. In 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait, prompting a U.N.-backed coalition led by the United States to confront Iraqi forces. The operation moved from Desert Shield, a defensive buildup in the region, to Desert Storm, the combat phase that rapidly drove Iraqi troops out of Kuwait and restored Kuwait’s sovereignty by early 1991. The other options don’t match this specific sequence: the Iraq War (2003–2011) occurred years later and aimed at toppling Saddam inside Iraq, not expelling him from Kuwait; Desert Shield refers to the buildup rather than the liberation; and the term Kuwait Crisis isn’t the standard name for this event. The widely used name for the 1991 liberation is the Gulf War (also called the Persian Gulf War).