1. Bill Clinton

2. Election of 1992 Bush vs. Clinton (Ross Perot- 3rd party)
Issues: ending recession
Clinton won

3. Economy Budget surplus Reduced federal debt Welfare reform
NAFTA: free trade w/ Mexico and Canada (no more tariffs which leads to increased trade)
Goal: universal health care (failed); led by Hillary Clinton

4. Crime and Terrorism World Trade Center: 1993
6 killed
Bomber: Ramzi Yousef
Oklahoma City (1995): 2 Americans upset with federal government and loaded a van with explosives; 168 killed
Columbine (1999): school shooting; 13 killed
4 min OK Bombing

5. Foreign Policy Haiti: US reinstated a democratically elected leader
Iraq: 4 day bombing due to Hussein not allowing inspectors (Dec. 1998)
Yugoslavia
Broke apart in 1991
In Bosnia, Serbs fought the Bosnians and Croats for control of the area; ethnic cleansing by the Serbs led to UN outrage; US punished them through an arms embargo
1995: NATO airstrikes against Serbia; led to a peace treaty
1998: Serbs attacked Albanians in Kosovo; more airstrikes

6. Bosnia
Haiti

7. Impeachment
Senate investigation of Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky (intern)
December 1998 impeachment process began
House charged him w/ perjury and obstruction of justice
Senate held trial but failed to get needed votes
Crash Course 15 min.