1. Topic: What factors helped to shape 1990s America?
Do Now:
“We are, in effect, still living with the implications of the 1990s. In terms of foreign policy, social issues, and even Presidents, the nation continues to be influenced by events of the 1990s”.
Assess the Validity of this Statement

2. Reagan’s “Successor” 1988 Election Conservative Republicans role
George HW Bush Domestic Policies
“Kinder, gentler America”
Americans w/ Disabilities Act
“Read my lips…”
Recession of 1990
Clarence Thomas controversy
Foreign Policy
Ending Cold War
The Trade Deficit (Japan)
Opposition to South Africa (Apartheid)
Persian Gulf War (1991)
Election 1992
Clinton vs. Bush
“It’s the Economy, stupid…”

4. The Persian Gulf War

5. George H. W. Bush

6. The Clinton Administration
1992 Election
Clinton: a moderate Democrat
“Era of Big Government is Over!”
Domestic Policy:
Balanced Budget & “peace dividend”
Health Care Reform (Failed)
1994 Congressional Elections Republicans in Congress (Contract w/ America and Newt Gingrich)
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
1990s: Growing economy and 2000 “Bubble Burst”
Welfare Reform Bill (1996)
Clinton Impeachment Controversy
Foreign Policy:
NAFTA (Canada and Mexico)
US & NATO vs. Serbia
Somalia and Rwanda
Clinton and the Middle East (Arafat)
Terrorism “Rollback” Law enforcement

7. Bill Clinton

8. 1990s American Social Issues