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What were the important events of the Clinton Presidency? Essential Question What were the important events of the Clinton Presidency?

Bill Clinton

1992 Election Democrat – Bill Clinton Republican – George Bush Independent – Ross Perot

Bill Clinton Governor of Arkansas Focused on the economy in his campaign

Ross Perot Texas billionaire Entered as an independent with different ideas than traditional government candidates

1992 Election

Bill Clinton Entered the White House with great plans for change Encountered the reality of Congress

Federal Deficit High deficit after Reagan and Bush Raised tax rates for the middle and upper classes

Health Care Appointed his wife Hillary to head a task force for universal health care

Contract with America 1994 midterm elections Republicans won a majority in both houses of Congress Led by Newt Gingrich

1996 Election Democrat – Bill Clinton Republican – Bob Dole Reform – Ross Perot

Balanced Budget 1997 – first balanced budget in 24 years Congress and Clinton worked to shrink the deficit

The Whitewater Affair Scandal – Clinton accused of arranging illegal loans for Whitewater (real estate) while governor of Arkansas

Paula Jones Accused president Clinton of sexual harassment before he became president

Perjury Evidence that Clinton lied under oath while testifying before a grand jury about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky

Impeachment Dec. 19, 1998 – the House passed two articles of impeachment (perjury and obstruction of justice) against Clinton

Impeachment Removal from office requires 2/3 vote from the Senate Failed

Somalia Ethnic warfare Oct. 1993 – 18 American soldiers killed as part of a peacekeeping force

Rwanda Ethnic genocide killed 800,000 people Clinton refused to send troops

Haiti Military coup sent thousands of Haitians in boats to the U.S. U.S. troops forced Jean-Bertrand Aristide into power

Serbia Slobodan Milosevic led an ethnic cleansing to remove Muslims from this region 1995 – U.S. sent peacekeeping troops with NATO

Kosovo 1999 – Russian Orthodox Serbs attempted to drive Albanian Muslims out of the country Joined with NATO to send troops

1993 Bombing World Trade Center bombed by radical Muslims

USS Cole 2000 Bombed by Muslim terrorists while in port at Yemen

Al Qaeda Network of terrorists organized by wealthy Osama bin Laden No policy developed for dealing with Muslim extremists

NAFTA 1993 – U.S., Canada, and Mexico formed the North American Free Trade Agreement Eventual creation of a free-trade zone