Bill Clinton Election of 1992 Bush vs Clinton

Bill Clinton

Election of 1992 �Bush vs. Clinton (Ross Perot- 3 rd party) �Issues: ending recession �Clinton won

Economy �Budget surplus �Reduced federal debt �Welfare reform �NAFTA: free trade w/ Mexico and Canada (no more tariffs which leads to increased trade) �Goal: universal health care (failed); led by Hillary Clinton

Crime and Terrorism �World Trade Center: 1993 � 6 killed �Bomber: Ramzi Yousef �Oklahoma City (1995): 2 Americans upset with federal government and loaded a van with explosives; 168 killed �Columbine (1999): school shooting; 13 killed � https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Z 53 i. TIBTdpk 4 min OK Bombing

Foreign Policy �Haiti: US reinstated a democratically elected leader �Iraq: 4 day bombing due to Hussein not allowing inspectors (Dec. 1998) �Yugoslavia �Broke apart in 1991 �In Bosnia, Serbs fought the Bosnians and Croats for control of the area; ethnic cleansing by the Serbs led to UN outrage; US punished them through an arms embargo � 1995: NATO airstrikes against Serbia; led to a peace treaty � 1998: Serbs attacked Albanians in Kosovo; more airstrikes

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Impeachment �Senate investigation of Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky (intern) �December 1998 impeachment process began �House charged him w/ perjury and obstruction of justice �Senate held trial but failed to get needed votes � https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=-rbo. N 6 F 2 g-k � Crash Course 15 min.