Essential QuestionEssential Question
What were the What were the important events of important events of
the Clinton the Clinton Presidency?Presidency?
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
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
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