1. ■Essential Question ■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”?

2. The Presidency of Bill Clinton 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 ■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 A return to Reagan-style tax cuts, increased military spending, & limited role of gov’t “The era of big gov’t is over” —Clinton

5. Foreign Policy under Clinton ■Clinton encouraged free trade: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) –Clinton signed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (initiated under Bush) which reduced trade barriers among USA, Mexico, & Canada –General Agreement on Tariffs & TradeWorld Trade Org –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 1993-1995, 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. ■Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell 1994-2011-US policy regarding Gays in the military

9. 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

10. The Presidency of George W. Bush Bush Video

11. 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 Results of the 2000 Election by Voting Precinct

12. 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

13. Global Terrorist Strikes, 1998-2007

14. The Obama Administration & Current Events Discussion