1. 6/8 Day 3- Take out Presidents packet. Let’s review H. W
6/8 Day 3- Take out Presidents packet. Let’s review H.W. Bush and complete Clinton.
Learning Target: I can evaluate the effectiveness of the Foreign and Domestic policies of Bill Clinton. (put in the center)
Homework: Grouping Review Sheet due Thurs.
Barack Obama due Friday.

2. 1993-2001 Party: Democrat V.P: Al Gore Bill Clinton Clinton on the Sax
William J. Clinton
Party: Democrat
V.P: Al Gore
Bill Clinton
Clinton on the Sax

3. Foreign Policy GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
lowered trade barriers
Established WTO ( World Trade Organization) to resolve trade disputes

4. Foreign Policy NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
U.S., Mexico, Canada agree to free trade zone

5. Foreign Policy PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel agree to a degree of self government
Rabin (killed) & Arafat

6. Foreign Policy Middle East Relations
Increased tension and violence between the Palestinians and Israelis.

7. Domestic Policy Baby Boomers
“Graying” of America
Life expectancy rises so…
SOCIAL SECURITY- number of recipients rises rapidly
Not enough money?
No plan to fix it agreed upon

8. Domestic Policy Health Care Reform
Clinton presented package to ensure health care for all Americans
Critics said it was too expensive
Congress rejects plan

9. Domestic Policy Balanced Budget Amendment
U.S. debt $4 trillion
1997 legislation to balance their budget by 2002, had spending cuts and tax breaks
1998 has budget surplus

10. Domestic Policy Impeachment
Several activities investigated
Whitewater- accused of illegal real estate scheme
Monica Lewinski incident- Clinton accuses of lying under oath
December 1998 Clinton impeached
Senate found him not GUILTY

11. Campaign Finance Reform
Politicians spend millions to buy/ win an Election.
Efforts to limit the amounts are discussed but never changed.

12. Gun Control Because of Columbine
Major changes at the school level occur
Attempts to limit the sale of guns.
NRA stops all changes on the national level.

13. Domestic Policy Supreme Court Appointments
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer