1. What is the difference between the “New Left” & “New Right”?
Essential Question:
To what extent did the Clinton & Bush years deviate from the Reagan era?
Warm-Up Question
What is the difference between the “New Left” & “New Right”?
Lesson Plan for Wednesday, April 14 (pd 4-7) or April 16 (pd 1-3), 2009: Warm-Up Question, Clinton/Bush video & notes

2. The Presidency of Bill Clinton
Clinton Video (30:00-37:30) 7:30 minutes
Clinton Video

3. Bill Clinton: “A New Democrat”
Bill Clinton represented a new group of Democrats who hoped to reclaim lost “Reagan Democrats”
His agenda as president included:
To reduce the size of the gov’t
To balance the federal budget
To reform welfare & extend healthcare to all Americans
To promote economic growth

4. Domestic Policy under Clinton
A return to Reagan-style tax cuts, increased military spending, & limited role of gov’t
Clinton attempted a bold plan to offer universal health coverage
The bill’s defeat allowed for sweeping victories in the 1994 midterms for Republicans
Repubs, led by Newt Gingrich, offered a “Contract with America”
Clinton undercut their agenda by reducing the size of the gov’t & planning for a balanced budget
“The era of big gov’t is over”
—Clinton

5. Foreign Policy under Clinton
Clinton encouraged free trade:
Clinton signed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (initiated under Bush) which reduced trade barriers among USA, Mexico, & Canada
General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade cut tariffs & the World Trade Org helped settle trade disputes among 117 nations

6. Foreign Policy under Clinton
U.S. international peacekeeping:
From , U.S. troops were sent to Somalia to offer food & restore order to civil war
In 1999, the U.S. & UN sent troops to Bosnia (in the former Yugoslavia) to stop Serbian ethnic cleansing

7. Slobodan Milosevic

8. Upheaval in the 1990s
Clinton presided during an economic boom, but anxiety was prevalent throughout the decade:
Los Angeles race riots (1992)
Terrorism at the World Trade Center (1993) & Murrah Federal Center in Oklahoma City (1995)
Clinton scandals: Whitewater & Monica Lewinsky

9. The Presidency of George W. Bush
37:30- 44:15 (~7 minutes)
Bush Video

10. Results of the 2000 Election by Voting Precinct
George W. Bush
The election of 2000 was the closest since Nixon-Kennedy in 1960 & the only dispute election since Tilden-Hayes in 1876:
“Hanging” or “dimpled” chads in Florida
The Supreme Court ruled in Bush v Gore (2000) to stop the recount & declare Bush the winner of the election

11. Key Events in the Bush Presidency
Key events in the Bush years:
Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by fundamentalist Al Qaeda led to the invasion of Afghanistan & the hunt for Osama bin Laden
Bush’s declaration of an “Axis of Evil” in North Korea, Iran, & Iraq
The invasion of Iraq in 2003 to remove Saddam Hussein

12. War on Terrorism (7.33)

13. Global Terrorist Strikes, 1998-2007

14. The Obama Administration & Current Events Discussion