: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush & Barak Obama America in the Twenty-first Century

Warning: This is Not History!

Clinton’s Foreign Policy:

Outline of Required Notes: Clinton’s Foreign Policy: 1. Balkans Crisis and Ethnic Cleansing 2. NAFTA and the World Trade Org. 3. Technology and Economic Growth

1. Balkans Crisis: Yugoslavia in SE Europe (Balkans) splits apart after end of communist rule in 1991.

1. Balkans Crisis: This split and end of Soviet rule creates a power vacuum- which new state will dominate? We Will!

1. Balkans Crisis: Bosnia (previously part of Yugoslavia) has civil war between Orthodox Christian Serbs, Catholic Croatians and Bosnian Muslims.

1. Balkans Crisis: Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic arms the Serbs in Bosnia, aiding the mass murder.

1. Balkans Crisis: Clinton and NATO intervene to prevent ethnic cleansing by Serbs (killing/moving Muslims) from 1992 through 1993.

1. Balkans Crisis: After airstrikes and NATO peacekeeping troops sent in, a negotiated peace is reached in Milosevic agrees to joint rule of Bosnia.

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO) After WWII an integrated (connected) world economy developed on the concept of free trade- a process known as globalization.

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO) As new markets opened up, the U.S. developed a trade deficit- purchasing more from other nations than they buy from the U.S.

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO):

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO)

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO):

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Starting in 1994, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico agree to reduce trade barriers (tariffs)- intended to increase trade.

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO) World Trade Organization (WTO): Formerly GATT or General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. WTO establishes rules for international trade, settles disputes and loans money.

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO) Pros: Increasing trade and cooperation between countries, cheaper products, America has influence on policy, and member countries receive more capital.

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO) Cons: U.S. companies move factories to less- developed countries (outsourcing) where people and environment are treated poorly. Americans lose jobs and participating nations lose sovereignty (control over their affairs).

2. NAFTA and World Trade Organization (WTO)

3. Technology and Economic Growth: 1990s saw longest period of economic growth in U.S. history- stocks were up, unemployment was down & inflation was under control. Development of microprocessors allowed for smaller, cheaper computers and the computer industry led to innovation in many fields, especially after invention of the Internet.

3. Technology and Economic Growth:

The first commercial web browser released in how would internet grow the economy?

3. Technology and Economic Growth: Internet increases ways to sell product, make business more efficient, and lead to other innovations that start entirely new companies.

3. Technology and Economic Growth:

Clinton’s Domestic Agenda:

Outline of Required Notes: Clinton’s Domestic Policy: 1. Hillary Clinton and Healthcare Reform 2. Gingrich’s Contract with America 3. Clinton’s Impeachment Trial

1. Hillary Clinton and Healthcare Reform: President Clinton appoints First Lady Hillary Clinton to head healthcare taskforce.

1. Hillary Clinton and Healthcare Reform: Hillary Clinton proposes employer- based (get care through your work) universal healthcare (everyone must be covered).

1. Hillary Clinton and Healthcare Reform: Businesses and conservatives push back against the program as too costly and too socialist. Critics accuse Clinton of being to forceful and uncompromising..

1. Hillary Clinton and Healthcare Reform: Sound familiar?

2. Republican Contract with America: Conservatives rally opposition against Clinton and what they see as tax and spend big govt.

2. Republican Contract with America: Newt Gingrich leads congressional Republican backlash and introduces contract: a list of campaign promises to lower taxes, reform welfare, term-limits and a balanced budget.

2. Republican Contract with America:

Republicans win both houses of congress, but lose momentum after seen responsible for the government shutdown = Clinton reelected in 1996.

2. Republican Contract with America: Republicans lose momentum after seen responsible for the government shutdown Clinton is then reelected in 1996.

3. Clinton’s Impeachment and Trial Clinton had a personal affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

3. Clinton’s Impeachment and Trial Republicans in the House impeach Clinton in Dec for perjury (lying under oath) and obstruction of justice.

3. Clinton’s Impeachment and Trial Senate does not vote to remove Clinton from office but his reputation is damaged.

More Domestic Agenda: To address deficit Clinton raised taxes on upper-class over Republican objections.

More Domestic Agenda: Family Medical Leave Act gave up to 12 weeks per year unpaid leave for birth/illness.

More Domestic Agenda: Passed Brady Bill over NRA objections in 1993: waiting period to buy guns/background checks “assault weapon” ban part of larger crime bill.

More Domestic Agenda: