1. Election of 1992 Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton Fellow southerner Al Gore as a running mate, winning several southern states. Texas Billionaire H. Ross Perot entered the race as an independent and won 19% of the popular vote, but NO electoral votes.

2. 1992 Electoral Map

3. William Jefferson Clinton Became the youngest President since Kennedy. (1993-2001) 1 st President of “Baby Boomers” Hillary Clinton is named to head a commission for universal health care (fails) NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) eliminates tariffs between U.S., Mexico and Canada. Pro-NAFTA Create jobs and help economy Anti-NAFTA Move jobs to Mexico Don’t follow US pollution laws

4. Clinton Domestic Policy Reformed welfare Helped bring computer/internet access to schools Cut funding to NASA, but created a better relationship with Russia (international space station) Increased AIDS/HIV programs by 150% Major goal of health care reform failed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” allows closeted gays in the military. Passed tough pro-environmental policies 1994 Crime Bill banned assault weapons, 40% gun crime decrease Prisoner increase, primarily drug related

5. 1990s Economy 1998: Federal Budget Surplus Unemployment was down to a 24 year low. Stock market soared in “bull market”. The NYSE broke 10,000 barrier. Internet helped! Consumer confidence at a 30 year high. Allowed for relaxed welfare policy

6. Party Struggle & 1996 Election Republicans Control Congress Congressman Newt Gingrich tries bring anti-Clinton voters to Republicans 1994 election Republicans got control of both houses Clinton wins a landslide re- election in 1996 against Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.

7. Clinton’s Foreign Policy Israel’s Yitzak Rabin and Palistine’s Yassir Arafat sign Oslo Accords. Lifting of the embargo on trade with Vietnam. Air strikes against Iraq (Saddam Hussein) in 1998. Bosnia suffered conflict from Serbs who began “ethnic cleansing” Serbs (Christian) killed Bosnians (Muslim) 1995 Clinton sends troops to enforce a peace Air strikes on Kosovo after Yugoslavian President conducted genocide US and NATO use air strikes to push Serbs out

8. Pre-9/11 Terrorism 1993 1 st Bombing of the World Trade Center from the ground level. 1995 OK federal building bombed by Timothy McVeigh, killing 168, including 18 children. 1996 a bomb rocks the Summer Olympics in Atlanta and a U.S. military complex in Saudi Arabia. 1998 Bombings of U.S.S. Cole and U.S. embassy in Kenya & Tanzania 1999 A series of school shootings begins with Columbine High School

9. Oklahoma City Bombing

10. Olympic Bombing

11. Columbine Shooting ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvDfhhAyUl8

12. Scandal Clinton had relationship with a White House intern, Monica Lewinski. When it was discovered that Clinton lied about the relationship under oath in the Paula Jones civil case, the Republican Congress moved to impeach Clinton. Although the House impeached Clinton on two counts of perjury, a vote in the Senate acquitted him of the charges. Clinton is the 2 nd President to be impeached (after Andrew Johnson)