Essential QuestionEssential Question

What were the What were the important events of important events of

the Clinton the Clinton Presidency?Presidency?

Bill ClintonBill Clinton

1992 Election1992 Election

Democrat – Democrat – Bill ClintonBill Clinton

Republican – Republican – George BushGeorge Bush

Independent Independent – Ross Perot– Ross Perot

Bill ClintonBill Clinton

Governor of Governor of ArkansasArkansas

Focused on the Focused on the economy in his economy in his campaigncampaign

Ross PerotRoss Perot

Texas billionaireTexas billionaire

Entered as an Entered as an independent independent with different with different ideas than ideas than traditional traditional government government candidatescandidates

1992 Election1992 Election

Bill ClintonBill Clinton

Entered the Entered the White House with White House with great plans for great plans for changechange

Encountered the Encountered the reality of reality of CongressCongress

Federal DeficitFederal Deficit

High deficit High deficit after Reagan after Reagan and Bushand Bush

Raised tax Raised tax rates for the rates for the middle and middle and upper classesupper classes

Health CareHealth Care

Appointed his Appointed his wife Hillary to wife Hillary to head a task force head a task force for universal for universal health carehealth care

Contract with AmericaContract with America

1994 midterm 1994 midterm electionselections

Republicans Republicans won a majority won a majority in both houses in both houses of Congressof Congress

Led by Newt Led by Newt GingrichGingrich

1996 Election1996 Election

Democrat – Democrat – Bill ClintonBill Clinton

Republican Republican – Bob Dole– Bob Dole

Reform – Reform – Ross PerotRoss Perot

Balanced BudgetBalanced Budget

1997 – first 1997 – first balanced balanced budget in 24 budget in 24 yearsyears

Congress and Congress and Clinton worked Clinton worked to shrink the to shrink the deficitdeficit

The Whitewater AffairThe Whitewater Affair

Scandal – Clinton Scandal – Clinton accused of accused of arranging illegal arranging illegal loans for loans for Whitewater (real Whitewater (real estate) while estate) while governor of governor of ArkansasArkansas

Paula JonesPaula Jones

Accused Accused president Clinton president Clinton of sexual of sexual harassment harassment before he before he became became presidentpresident

PerjuryPerjury

Evidence that Evidence that Clinton lied Clinton lied under oath while under oath while testifying before testifying before a grand jury a grand jury about his about his relationship with relationship with Monica LewinskyMonica Lewinsky

ImpeachmentImpeachment

Dec. 19, 1998 – Dec. 19, 1998 – the House the House passed two passed two articles of articles of impeachment impeachment (perjury and (perjury and obstruction of obstruction of justice) against justice) against ClintonClinton

ImpeachmentImpeachment

Removal from Removal from office requires office requires 2/3 vote from 2/3 vote from the Senatethe Senate

FailedFailed

SomaliaSomalia

Ethnic warfareEthnic warfare

Oct. 1993 – 18 Oct. 1993 – 18 American American soldiers killed as soldiers killed as part of a part of a peacekeeping peacekeeping forceforce

RwandaRwanda

Ethnic genocide Ethnic genocide killed 800,000 killed 800,000 peoplepeople

Clinton refused Clinton refused to send troopsto send troops

HaitiHaiti

Military coup Military coup sent thousands sent thousands of Haitians in of Haitians in boats to the U.S.boats to the U.S.

U.S. troops U.S. troops forced Jean-forced Jean-Bertrand Aristide Bertrand Aristide into powerinto power

SerbiaSerbia

Slobodan Milosevic Slobodan Milosevic led an ethnic led an ethnic cleansing to cleansing to remove Muslims remove Muslims from this regionfrom this region

1995 – U.S. sent 1995 – U.S. sent peacekeeping peacekeeping troops with NATOtroops with NATO

KosovoKosovo

1999 – Russian 1999 – Russian Orthodox Serbs Orthodox Serbs attempted to attempted to drive Albanian drive Albanian Muslims out of Muslims out of the countrythe country

Joined with NATO Joined with NATO to send troopsto send troops

1993 Bombing1993 Bombing

World Trade World Trade Center bombed Center bombed by radical by radical MuslimsMuslims

USS ColeUSS Cole

20002000

Bombed by Bombed by Muslim terrorists Muslim terrorists while in port at while in port at YemenYemen

Al QaedaAl Qaeda

Network of Network of terrorists organized terrorists organized by wealthy Osama by wealthy Osama bin Ladenbin Laden

No policy No policy developed for developed for dealing with dealing with Muslim extremistsMuslim extremists

NAFTANAFTA

1993 – U.S., 1993 – U.S., Canada, and Canada, and Mexico formed the Mexico formed the North American North American Free Trade Free Trade AgreementAgreement

Eventual creation Eventual creation of a free-trade zoneof a free-trade zone