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Define: grassroots – budget deficit –line-item veto –gross domestic product – impeach – incumbent – internet – ozone – global warming – terrorism

Identify: Election of 1992 – Brady Bill- Contract with America – Election of 1996 – Whitewater Scandal – Election of 2000 – Enron scandal –

Sept. 11,2001 attack on World Trade Center

Election of 1992Rep. – George H. W. Bush /Dan

QuayleDem.- William Clinton (Ark. Gov)/ Al Gore (Tenn Sen.) Reform Party - H. Ross Perot ( Tx

businessman) grassroots movement – people organizing at local level stressed need to end gov’t’s deficit

spending ( spending more money than it takes in)Campaign focused on economy Clinton wins

Domestic PoliciesReduce budget deficit (amount by which gov’t

spending exceeds revenue)Proposed cutting gov’t spending – raising taxes for

middle and upper income citizens – tax credits to poor.Health care reform – provide for every American – put wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, to head task force – plan

rejected by Congress 1993- Brady Bill – waiting period and background

check for handgun purchases.1994 Crime Bill – banned some assault weapons and

added 100,000 new police officers1993 – Family & Medical Leave – workers get time off

to care for family

Contract with AmericaRep. Newt Gingrich plan – reduce federal gov’t,

balance budget, lower taxes, reform Congress operations, pass laws to reduce crime, reform welfare, strengthen family

1994 elections – Republicans control House & Senate – first time in 40 years.

Congress passed line-item veto –power that allows president to cancel individual spending items in bill – later will be overturned by Supreme Court – would need to be granted by amendment

Pres. Pushed for increase in minimum wage – put 5 yr limit for welfare benefits

1996 ElectionDem – Bill Clinton / Al GoreRep. - Robert Dole/ Jack KempEconomy strong – unemployment at

30 yr. low –Clinton wins easilyFollowing year the gross domestic

product (GDP)- value of all good and services produced in nation grew by 4%-

highest growth rate since WWII.Congress & President cut back federal

budget - by 1998 the federal budget had a surplus of $80 billion – first surplus in three decades

Whitewater Scandal1994- Atty. Gen. Janet Reno appointed Ken

Starr to investigate legal questions on real estate investments Clintons made while governor of Arkansas.

Early 1998 – sexual scandal involving Clinton and intern, Monica Lawinsky. Evidence of perjury (lying under oath) by Pres. Clinton.

House voted to impeach (formal accusation of wrongdoing). Clinton second president to be impeached and acquitted (found not guilty)

Senate voted 55-45 not guilty on perjury and 50-50 on obstruction of justice.

FOREIGN POLICY1993 – North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA) – US, Canada, Mexico eliminate trade

barriers – some feared jobs would be lost – others said it would lower prices.

Sept. 1993- Israeli prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin and Yassir Arafat, head of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) signed agreement recognizing Israel’s right to exist and PLO as representative of Palestinians

1995- Israeli extremist assassinated PM Rabin2001 – Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged to

put Israel’s security above the peace process.

BalkansIn Bosnia , Serbians continued ethnic cleansing

( killing or expelling from their homes certain ethnic groups) of Muslims

Dec. 1995- Dayton Accords brought peace1998- Serbian leader ,Slobodan Milosevic. tried

to drive out Muslims from Kosovo.US and NATO launched air strikes – Serbs

withdrew and Muslims could return.

2000 ElectionDem.- Al Gore(VP) / Joseph LiebermanRep – George Bush (Tx Gov.)/ Richard

Cheney (Former Sec. of Defense for Bush Sr.)

Issues were budget surplus- Social Security & Medicare reform- tax cuts .

Election close – recount in Florida –both men needed state ‘s 25 electoral votes to win

Dec. 12, Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that hand recount ordered by Florida Sup. Court violated equal protection clause of Constitution. Gore conceded. Bush became 43rd president on Jan. 20, 2001

BUSH ADMINISTRATIONUS Senate split 50/50 – V.P. Cheney, president

of Senate could cast vote if there is a tieLater, May 2001, one Republican became

independent – giving Democrats 50-49-1 control.Bush’s CabinetSec. of State – Colin PowellSec. of Labor – Elaine Chao ( 1st Asian woman in

cabinet)Nat’l Security Adviser – Condoleezza RiceJune 2001 – Bush signed largest reduction in

federal taxes – 10 yr. $1.3 trillion tax cut bill

Foreign AffairsNational Missile Defense System – protect US

from incoming missiles –shoot down before reach US airspace.

Powell Doctrine – use US troops only when national interest is at stake – there is a clear, realistic goal.

SOCIAL CHANGESStimulate global economic growth Growth of technology industries Reform Medicare 2000 Census – population living longer –

provide better health plans – prescription drugs

Tighten regulations for Corporations Enron scandal – bankruptcy cost investors

billions Gov’t toughened penalties for dishonest

executivesImprove environment Ozone layer thinning – global warming

TerrorismUse of violence by

groups against civilians to achieve a political goal

April 1995- Tim McVeigh -Murrah Federal Bldg in Oklahoma City

Jan. 1998 – Unabomber Ted Kaczynski – guilty of mail bombings

Sept. 11, 2001 – World Trade Center & Pentagon attack