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822-828 Analyze a primary source Describe the Clinton Administration’s actions

822-828 Analyze a primary source Describe the Clinton Administration’s actions while in office. (1992-2000). Quiz :. Primary Source : “It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Our Children Teach Us” (1996)

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822-828 Analyze a primary source Describe the Clinton Administration’s actions

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  1. 822-828 • Analyze a primary source • Describe the Clinton • Administration’s actions • while in office. (1992-2000)

  2. Quiz:

  3. Primary Source: • “It Takes a Village and Other Lessons • Our Children Teach Us” (1996) • Written by Hillary Clinton, she discusses the importance of maintaining different personal networks among people in a world that’s becoming more impersonal. • Read the document and highlight or mark the main points the first lady is making or answer the questions.

  4. Primary Source: • “It Takes a Village and Other Lessons • Our Children Teach Us” (1996) • Main points: • Young people are facing new problems and parents must bear primary responsibility to help them. • Children also rely on many other adults to help guide them, much like a “village”. • Old ways won’t work any longer since technology has changed what influences children today.

  5. The Politics of the Center • Election of 1992 • Core issue was the poor economy. • Generation X voting bloc helped Clinton win the election. • George Bush campaigned as s foreign policy expert. • Ross Perot campaigned as an independent, middle-class appeal. • Bill Clinton had to focus on name recognition.

  6. President William Clinton

  7. Clinton and Foreign Policy • 1995 President Clinton sent troops to former Yugoslavia to stop civil war in Bosnia and Kosovo. • Israeli-Palestinian land settlement. • Negotiated with North Korea to stop nuclear weapons development. • Sent humanitarian food relief to Somalia in Africa. • Restored President Aristide in Haiti.

  8. Clinton and Domestic Policy • Neoliberalism – goal was to make U.S. economically equitable at home and more competitive abroad: • cut federal employment • increased taxes on top 1.2% of households • expanded Nixon’s Earned Income Tax Credit to help working-class families • Family and Medical Leave Act • failed at national health care legislation

  9. Mid-Term Elections of 1994 • Elections brought a Republican majority in Congress led by • Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. • Gingrich pushed legislation called “Contract With America” • increased minimum wage • made it easier for employers • to create pension plans and • provide health care (COBRA) • TANF replaced AFDC, making • recipients seek work in order • to receive benefits

  10. Violence in the 1990s Columbine High School Branch Davidian Cult • Brady Handgun Violence • Prevention Act • Funded “Three-Strike” • measures for building more • prisons. Oklahoma City Federal Building

  11. Scandal • Whitewater Real Estate Deal • 1994 Clinton was accused of fraud in this Arkansas land deal. • Independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s investigation also • uncovered sexual harassment of state employee Paula Jones • by Governor Clinton. • 1998 White House intern Monica Lewinsky admitted she had • a “relationship” with President Clinton to Starr after Clinton • denied it under sworn deposition in the Jones Case! Impeachment Hearing White House counsel Charles Ruff, and J. Kendell

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