THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY AMERICA IN THE 1990’s & THE 2000 ELECTION CHAPTER 34, SECTION 1

SECTION 1 QUIZ ► BILL CLINTON WAS GOVERNOR OF WHAT STATE BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT? ► CLINTON’S WIFE WAS / IS NAMED… ► IN 1993, TERRORISTS EXPLODED BOMBS AT WHAT FAMOUS NEW YORK CITY BUILDING? ► IN 1995, A FEDERAL GOV’T. BUILDING IN WHAT MIDWESTERN CITY WAS DESTROYED IN A TERRORIST EXPLOSION? ► N.A.F.T.A. IS AN ACRONYM FOR… ► IN 1991, WHAT EUROPEAN NATION BROKE INTO CIVIL WAR CHARACTERIZED BY WIDESPREAD ETHNIC VIOLENCE? ► WHO WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1996? ► IN 1998 WHAT DID THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DO TO PRES. CLINTON? ► WHO WAS THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE FOR THE 2000 ELECTION? ► WHO WON THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?

IMPORTANT TERMS ► BILL CLINTON ► HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON ► NAFTA ► NEWT GINGRICH ► CONTRACT WITH AMERICA ► KENNETH STARR ► AL GORE ► GEORGE W. BUSH

IMPORTANT DATES ► 1992: BILL CLINTON ELECTED PRESIDENT ► 1993: 1 ST WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACK ► 1995: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING ► 1996: BILL CLINTON RE-ELECTED ► 1998: CLINTON IMPEACHED ► 1999: COLUMBINE H.S. SHOOTINGS ► 2000: GEORGE W. BUSH ELECTED PRESIDENT PRESIDENT

THE 1992 ELECTION ► CANDIDATES:  REPUBLICAN: PRES. GEORGE H.W. BUSH  DEMOCRATIC: GOV. BILL CLINTON (AK)  INDEPENDENT: H. ROSS PEROT ► MAJOR CAMPAIGN ISSUES:  1991 ECONOMIC RECESSION  BUSH’s PROMISE NOT TO RAISE TAXES: ► “READ MY LIPS…NO NEW TAXES!” ► ► BUSH THEN WENT BACK ON PROMISE   CLINTON’s PERSONAL HISTORY: ► ► AVOIDED VIETNAM DRAFT ► ► EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS   KEY DECIDING FACTOR: ROSS PEROT CAMPAIGN TAKES MANY VOTERS AWAY FROM REPUBLICAN SUPPORT ► ► RESULT:   ECONOMIC ISSUE SEEMS TO BE MOST IMPORTANT TO VOTERS   CLINTON WINS ELECTION ► ► ELECTION RESULTS: POPULAR VOTE   CLINTON: 43%   BUSH: 38%   PEROT%

BILL CLINTON’s IMAGE

H. ROSS PEROT

1992 ELECTION RESULTS

CLINTON ON THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW

CLINTON INNAUGURATION, 1993

EARLY ADMINISTRATION ISSUES EARLY ADMINISTRATION ISSUES ► CLINTON SAYS HE’S WILLING TO USE BOTH LIBERAL & CONSERVATIVE IDEAS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS ► KEY ISSUES FACING U.S.:  THE ECONOMY  HEALTH CARE  WELFARE  CRIME ► HEALTH CARE:  CLINTON’s WIFE – HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON APPOINTED TO HEAD HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION  RESULT? REPUBLICANS & DEMOCRATS CAN’T COMPROMISE  HEALTH CARE REFORM FAILS ► WELFARE: CHANGES MADE – EXAMPLES?  LENGTH OF BENEFITS LIMITED  INDIVIDUAL U.S. STATES GIVEN $ TO SPEND ON WELFARE

EARLY ADMINISTRATION ISSUES ► BALANCING THE BUDGET / FIXING THE ECONOMY ► CLINTON & REPUBLICANS AGAIN COMPROMISE & WORK TO SOLVE PROBLEMS – EXAMPLES?  FEDERAL BUDGET BALANCED – HOW? ► FEDERAL SPENDING CUT BY BILLIONS OF $ ► TAXES LOWERED (REPUBLICANS) ► PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN & HEALTH CARE (DEMOCRATS)  ECONOMIC RECOVERY BEGINS ► STOCK MARKET SOARED ► UNEMPLOYMENT DECLINES ► FEDERAL TAX INCOME INCREASES ► SO…GOV’T. GAINS INCOME

DOMESTIC TERRORISM INCREASES ► WHO? VARIOUS INTERNAL & INTERNATIONAL GROUPS ► WHERE / WHEN?  1993: NYC WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBINGS  1995: OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING  1999: COLUMBINE, COLORADO H.S. SHOOTINGS SHOOTINGS

OMAR ABDEL-RAHMAN, “THE BLIND SHEIKH” ► AL-QUEDA TERRORISTS

1993 WTC BOMBING TERRORISTS

► ALFRED P. MURRAH BLDG., OKLAHOMA CITY, BLDG., OKLAHOMA CITY, BEFORE 1995 BOMBING BEFORE 1995 BOMBING

► Murrah Federal Bldg., Oklahoma City After bombing

Timothy McVeigh

Timothy McVeigh, U.S. Army, 1991

COLUMBINE H.S., LITTLETON, COLO.

ERIC HARRIS DYLAN KLEBOLD ERIC HARRIS DYLAN KLEBOLD

COLUMBINE H.S. SHOOTING VICTIMS

Columbine Massacre Memorial, Littleton, Colorado

FOREIGN POLICY PROBLEMS ► FALL OF EUROPEAN COMMUNISM CREATES NEW PROBLEMS:  SECURITY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN FORMER SOVIET- CONTROLLED AREAS  ETHNIC TENSION / VIOLENCE SURFACING IN FORMER COMMUNIST NATIONS  EXAMPLE? YUGOSLAVIA  WHAT HAPPENED? ► 1991-YUGOSLAVIA ENDS COMMUNIST GOV’T. ► YUGOSLAVIA BREAKS INTO SMALLER NATIONS (BOSNIA, SERBIA, KOSOVO, etc.) ► OLD ETHNIC / RELIGIOUS TESNION & HATRED SURFACES ► BRUTAL CIVIL WAR BEGINS ► “ETHNIC CLEANSING” USED BY SERBS TO GAIN CONTROL OF TERRITORY (MASS KILLINGS, PILLAGE, RAPE) ► 1999: U.S. & NATO FORCES SENT TO YUGOSLAVIA TO KEEP PEACE

► FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

► THE FALL OF YUGOSLAVIA YUGOSLAVIA

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ► BIRTH OF THE INTERNET MAKES BUSINESS EASIER / FASTER ► SO…INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INCREASES ► EXAMPLE? N.A.F.T.A.  CLINTON WANTED TO GET TREATY PASSED (ORIGINALLY CREATED BY GEORGE BUSH, Sr.)  DID WHAT? ► ESTABLISHED A FREE-TRADE ZONE BETWEEN CANADA, U.S., MEXICO ► WHY? TO MAKE BUSINESS CONTACT, TRAVEL EASIER  SUPPORTERS: STRENGTHEN ECONOMIES IN ALL 3 NATIONS  OPPONENTS: ► U.S. COMPANIES WOULD RELOCATE TO MEXICO FOR LOWER WAGE EMPLOYEES ► U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT WOULD INCREASE ► U.S. BORDER SECURITY / CONTROL WILL DISAPPEAR ► CRIME / TERRORISM / ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WILL INCREASE ► RESULT? 1993: NAFTA PASSES CONGRESS

► NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT AGREEMENT

► N.A.F.T.A. “SUPER- “SUPER- HIGHWAY” HIGHWAY”

► PRIMARY NAFTA TRADE NAFTA TRADE ROUTES ROUTES

POLITICAL RIVALRY & SCANDAL ► CLINTON & REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED CONGRESS HAD COOPERATED TOGETHER ON CREATING SOME NEW LAWS  EXAMPLE: NAFTA ► PROBLEM:  1994: FAILURE OF CLINTON’s HEALTH CARE PLAN DAMAGED HIS APPROVAL RATING  APPROVAL RATING: 42% ► SO…SOME REPUBLICANS USE THIS AS OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR REPUBLICAN PARTY ► EXAMPLE:  REP. NEWT GINGRICH, R., GEORGIA  CREATES DOCUMENT CALLED “CONTRACT WITH AMERICA”  DID WHAT? ► PROMISES MADE TO PUBLIC IF THE REPUBLICANS WIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS ► TRANSLATION: VOTE FOR US, AND YOU’LL GET THIS ► PROMISES: TAX CUTS, TOUGHER CRIME LAWS, BALANCED BUDGET

POLITICAL RIVALRY & SCANDAL ►R►R►R►RESULT: 1994 – REPUBLICANS WIN CONTROL OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS ►S►S►S►SO WHAT? RRRREPUBLICANS WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL LAWS CREATED CCCCLINTON WILL HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY GETTING LAWS PASSED ►1►1►1►1996: CLINTON WINS RE-ELECTION ►S►S►S►SO WHAT? GGGGOV’T. IS DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO MAJOR PARTIES RRRRIVALRY INTENSIFIES

► WHITEWATER SCANDAL:  ACCUSATIONS THAT CLINTON & WIFE HAD BEEN INOLVED IN ILLEGAL REAL ESTATE DEALS WHILE IN AKRANSAS  FEDERAL COURT ORDERS INVESTIGATION  KENNETH STARR IS LEAD INVESTIGATOR  SCANDAL LEADS TO REVELATION THAT CLINTON HAD AFFAIR WITH WHITE HOUSE INTERN  CLINTON LIED ABOUT AFFAIR DURING WHITEWATER INVESTIGATION ► RESULT? MONICA LEWINSKY SCANDAL ► MONICA LEWINSKY WAS WHITE HOUSE INTERN HAVING AFFAIR W/ CLINTON ► FINAL RESULT? CLINTON IS IMPEACHED BY CONGRESS, BUT NOT CONVICTED OF HIGH CRIMES ► SO…CLINTON IS NOT REMOVED FROM PRESIDENCY ► BUT…HIS REPUTATION IS FURTHER DAMAGED

► BILL CLINTON AND MONICA LEWINSKY MONICA LEWINSKY

► MONICA LEWINSKY

2000 ELECTION ► CANDIDATES:  DEMOCRATS: VP AL GORE  REPUBLICANS: GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH, TX  GREEN PARTY: RALPH NADER  REFORM PARTY: PAT BUCHANAN ► PROBLEMS FOR DEMOCRATS:  DAMAGE DONE BY CLINTON’S SCANDALS  NADER PULLS VOTES AWAY FROM GORE  VOTE COUNTING IN FLORIDA DISPUTED  FLORIDA RE-COUNT (See text for details) ► FINAL RESULT? BUSH WINS ELECTION

V.P. AL GORE, V.P. AL GORE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH, GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH, REPUBLICAN PARTY REPUBLICAN PARTY RALPH NADER, RALPH NADER, GREEN PARTY GREEN PARTY PATRICK BUCHANAN, PATRICK BUCHANAN, REFORM PARTY REFORM PARTY

► PATRICK J. BUCHANAN BUCHANAN

2000 ELECTION RESULTS

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