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Essential Question. What were the important events of the Clinton Presidency?. Bill Clinton. 1992 Election. Democrat – Bill Clinton Republican – George Bush Independent – Ross Perot. Bill Clinton. Governor of Arkansas Focused on the economy in his campaign. Ross Perot. Texas billionaire

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  1. Essential Question • What were the important events of the Clinton Presidency?

  2. Bill Clinton

  3. 1992 Election • Democrat – Bill Clinton • Republican – George Bush • Independent – Ross Perot

  4. Bill Clinton • Governor of Arkansas • Focused on the economy in his campaign

  5. Ross Perot • Texas billionaire • Entered as an independent with different ideas than traditional government candidates

  6. 1992 Election

  7. Bill Clinton • Entered the White House with great plans for change • Encountered the reality of Congress

  8. Federal Deficit • High deficit after Reagan and Bush • Raised tax rates for the middle and upper classes

  9. Health Care • Appointed his wife Hillary to head a task force for universal health care

  10. Contract with America • 1994 midterm elections • Republicans won a majority in both houses of Congress • Led by Newt Gingrich

  11. 1996 Election • Democrat – Bill Clinton • Republican – Bob Dole • Reform – Ross Perot

  12. Balanced Budget • 1997 – first balanced budget in 24 years • Congress and Clinton worked to shrink the deficit

  13. The Whitewater Affair • Scandal – Clinton accused of arranging illegal loans for Whitewater (real estate) while governor of Arkansas

  14. Paula Jones • Accused president Clinton of sexual harassment before he became president

  15. Perjury • Evidence that Clinton lied under oath while testifying before a grand jury about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky

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

  17. Impeachment • Removal from office requires 2/3 vote from the Senate • Failed

  18. Somalia • Ethnic warfare • Oct. 1993 – 18 American soldiers killed as part of a peacekeeping force

  19. Rwanda • Ethnic genocide killed 800,000 people • Clinton refused to send troops

  20. Haiti • Military coup sent thousands of Haitians in boats to the U.S. • U.S. troops forced Jean-Bertrand Aristide into power

  21. Serbia • Slobodan Milosevic led an ethnic cleansing to remove Muslims from this region • 1995 – U.S. sent peacekeeping troops with NATO

  22. Kosovo • 1999 – Russian Orthodox Serbs attempted to drive Albanian Muslims out of the country • Joined with NATO to send troops

  23. 1993 Bombing • World Trade Center bombed by radical Muslims

  24. USS Cole • 2000 • Bombed by Muslim terrorists while in port at Yemen

  25. Al Qaeda • Network of terrorists organized by wealthy Osama bin Laden • No policy developed for dealing with Muslim extremists

  26. NAFTA • 1993 – U.S., Canada, and Mexico formed the North American Free Trade Agreement • Eventual creation of a free-trade zone

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