1. Unit 10 Section 3 The Clinton Years
U.S. History
Unit 10 Section 3
The Clinton Years

2. Timeline

3. Rodney King

4. Rodney King

5. Rodney King

6. Rodney King King – ABC News
April 1992
African-American motorist that was beaten by 4 white police officers
After the officers were acquitted of the crime, racial riots broke out in Los Angeles, resulting in the deaths of 53 people
Rodney King King – ABC News

7. Rodney King

8. Operation Restore Hope

9. Operation Restore Hope

10. Operation Restore Hope Video
1992 – began under President George H.W. Bush
UN attempt to ensure that relief efforts reached famine- stricken Somalia
In 1993, the Battle of Mogadishu resulted in 18 Americans killed (inspired the movie Black Hawk Down)
Operation Restore Hope Video

11. Presidential Election of 1992

12. Presidential Election of 1992

13. Presidential Election of 1992
Election that pitted George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and H. Ross Perot in the national election
Perot, an independent candidate, appealed more toward the Republican base and drew a large portion of the national vote
Clinton won the election
Presidential Election of 1992

14. Bill Clinton

15. Bill Clinton

16. Bill Clinton Elected the 40th President of the United States in 1992
Former Governor of Arkansas
Married to Hillary Clinton, whom he met at Yale Law School

17. Contract with America

18. Contract with America

19. A document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign
Its provisions represented the view of many conservative Republicans on the issues of the size of government, promoting lower taxes and greater entrepreneurial activity, and both tort reform and welfare reform
Contract with America

20. Bill Clinton’s Impeachment

21. Bill Clinton’s Impeachment

22. Bill Clinton’s Impeachment Video
Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice, on December 19, 1998
The charges arose from the Lewinsky scandal and the Paula Jones lawsuit
Clinton was acquitted by the Senate on February 12, 1999
Bill Clinton’s Impeachment Video

23. Slobodan Milosevic

24. Slobodan Milosevic

25. President of Serbian nation of Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic

26. Kosovo Crisis

27. Kosovo Crisis

28. Result of a violent campaign launched by Serbian forces against Albanians in Kosovo
Stopped by UN bombing strikes in 1999
Kosovo Crisis video

29. European Union

30. European Union (EU) Western European trading bloc formed in 1993
Common currency
Designed to allow capital, goods, and labor to move freely among member nations
Encourages cooperation on matters such as crime, culture, education, foreign policy, and health
European Union

31. National Rifle Association

32. National Rifle Association

33. National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association of America is an American nonprofit organization founded in 1871 that promotes firearm competency, safety, and ownership, as well as police training, marksmanship, and self-defense training in the United States.
They are a strong proponent of the 2nd Amendment
National Rifle Association

34. Internet

35. Internet

36. Computer based communications and information system, enabled users to communicate worldwide, join discussion groups, and gather information from countless databases
Internet

37. Computers effect on the economy

38. Computers effect on the economy

39. Computers effect on the economy
Advances in the computer industry, coupled with those in telecommunications, have created the new information technology, or IT, industry and inaugurated an information age.
Today, over half of all U.S. workers are employed in industries that produce or intensively use information technology, products, and services, according to U.S. Department of Commerce projections.
Computers effect on the economy

40. Robotics

41. Robotics

42. Robotics is the application of mechatronics and automation to create robots, which are often used in manufacturing to perform tasks that are dangerous, unpleasant, or repetitive.
Robotics

43. Illegal Immigration

44. Illegal Immigration

45. Refers to the migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country.
Illegal immigration is overwhelmingly upward, from a poorer to a richer country.
One measurable factor is the ‘push-pull’ incentive - the quality of life in the host country against the home country. But it is also noted that illegal immigrants tend not to be the poorest within their populations.
Illegal Immigration

46. North American Free Trade Agreement

47. North American Free Trade Agreement

48. North American Free Trade Agreement
Jan (NAFTA) provides for a lowering of tariffs and other trade barriers among Canada, Mexico and the United States
North American Free Trade Agreement

49. Migration from Rust Belt to Sun Belt

50. Migration from Rust Belt to Sun Belt

51. Migration from Rust Belt to Sun Belt
The Rust Belt cities served as centers of American commerce.
As manufacturing jobs have moved overseas (result of NAFTA) and modern conveniences (central air conditioning) have become commonplace, the population has continually shifted toward the Sun Belt
Migration from Rust Belt to Sun Belt

52. Estée Lauder

53. A Jewish New York native who founded a cosmetic company with her husband.
Pioneered the “giveaway promotion” in cosmetics, and much of her early success came from word-of- mouth advertising
Estée Lauder

54. "If you have a goal, if you want to be successful, if you really want to do it and become another Estée Lauder, you've got to work hard, you've got to stick to it and you've got to believe in what you're doing."
Estée Lauder

55. Questions?