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The Clinton YearsPresident of Bill Clinton- 1990s
Election of 1992
Objectives: 1. Who were the three major presidential candidates
in the 1992 election?2. What was their individual “angle” to winning the
election?3. Why did it seem very favorable for President Clinton to make good on most of his campaign
promises?
Arkansas Launching Pad
• Attorney general of Arkansas at 30 years of age
• Governor of Arkansas– Nation’s youngest governor at
32 years• Chaired the National Governors
– Association in the late 1980s• Chaired the Democratic Leadership
Council– An organization of Moderate
Democrats • Democratic nomination for the
presidency in 1992
Election of 1992• Clinton’s running mate was
Senator– Al Gore of Tennessee
• Three way race between – Clinton( Democrat)– President George H.W. Bush– H. Ross Perot(Independent)
• Major Issues– USA WAS GOING THROUGH A
RECESSION– HEALTH CARE– HUGE USA DEBT- BALANCE THE
BUDGET- STOP SPENDING MORE THEN WE MAKE
Three Different Angles• Three Different Angles
– Clinton• “NEW DEMOCRAT”
– Pushed for middle-class tax cuts
– National health-care system
– Blend of both Republican and Democrat ideas
– President George H.W. Bush• Winner of the Cold War and
Gulf War– H. Ross Perot(Independent)
• Texas Billionaire• Not a Politician- Spoke in
simple terms
Bush and Clinton
Perot
Outcome of Election
• Outcome–Clinton won 370
electoral votes to–Bush’s 168, • Clinton won less
than 50 percent of the popular vote• Perot won 19
percent of the popular vote
Clinton’s “Perfect Storm”- 1992
• President- Democrat• Senate- Democrat Majority• House of Representatives- Democrat Majority• What does this mean?– Democrats are in charge of the government– Democrats can make and passes laws easily
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President SenateHouse of Representatives
Democrats InCharge
Domestic Issues
Objectives:1. What was the Dilemma Clinton faced concerning his campaign promises and
presidential solutions?2. What was the “Contract to America”? 3. How did the President Clinton handle the tough issue of Gays in the Military
The Clinton Dilemma
• Campaign Promises1. Universal Healthcare –
Everyone gets healthcare
2. Balance Budget3. End Recession4. Cut Taxes
• How to solve ProblemA. Raise Taxes B. Increase Gov’t SpendingA. Raise Taxes B. Cut Gov’t SpendingA. Increase Gov’t Spending B. Cut ProgramsA. Cut Taxes B. Cut Government
Spending
What is the Dilemma?
Give to Peter to Pay Paul
• Clinton had conflicting promises and solutions• You need to Raise Taxes and Cut Taxes• You need to Raise Government Spending and
Cut Government Spending
1994 Election- Democrats Take a Hit
• The 1994 Election (Election in-between Clintons 1st term)– Democrat Woes
• Clinton failed to deliver on campaign promises
• Health Car Plan Fails• Clinton Raises Taxes
– Republicans gained 54 seats in the House
– Republicans gained 8 seats in the Senate
– This gave them control of both houses. • No more “Perfect Storm”
Republican Fight Back
• Birth of Newt Gingrich– Contract with America– Contract Plan = • Balance the budget• Fight crime• Provide tax cuts• Reform Welfare- Limit time
people can be on it
Contract with America Clip
Domestic Challenges• Homosexual Openness– Military personal should
be able to openly claim they were homosexuals• Congress did not support
Clinton
– Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy- Substitute policy• Homosexuals could be in
the military so long as they don’ t tell anyone they are a homosexual.
Policy Today Clip
Economic Success
• Record budget deficits have become record surpluses
• 22 million new jobs have been created, • Unemployment and core inflation are
at their lowest levels in more than 30 years– Drop from 8% to 4%
• The stock market remained strong throughout the Clinton presidency
• America is in the midst of the longest economic expansion in our history.
• End of Day One
Foreign Policy Challenges
Objectives:1. How did Clinton change America’s
approach to foreign conflicts?2. What were some Positives and
Negative aspects of NAFTA?
Clinton New Approach• Pervious Presidential Ideal- U.S. vs. THEM– Lets be the world police– We might stand alone
• Clinton Ideal- U.S. + U.N. + NATO vs. THEM– Lets be the world police– We will help but not be alone
Foreign Policy Challenges• Somalia
– Somalia is in a Civil War
– UN forces worked to end the fighting
– After a number of Americans died, Clinton withdrew the remaining soldiers
– “Black Hawk Down”
• Rwanda– Mass Murder of an Ethnic Group– 800,000 deaths– Hutu(Majority) vs. Tutsi
(Minority)– U.S. supported the U.N. to help
the Tutsi relocation
• Haiti– Clinton pledged the use of
American troops to lead UN mission to remove a military dictator
– Presence of UN forces helped bring a generally peaceful change in government
Foreign Policy ChallengesOld Yugoslavia
• Bosnia-Herzegovina• Bosnians vs.
Croatians vs. Serbians – Ethnic
Cleansing– US pairs up
with UN– Stops Violence
• Kosovo– Serbians ethnic
cleansing of Albanians in the province of Kosovo
– U.S pairs up with began a massive air campaign against targets in Serbia and Kosovo
International Trade• NAFTA: North American
Free Trade Agreement• Free Trade
– Mexico– Canada– United States– NAFTA created the world’s
• End Trade Barriers– Tariffs- Tax on imported
goods– Quotas-Limit amounts of
imported goods– Embargos – Stop all
imports
What Are the Advantages of NAFTA?
• It eliminated tariffs- Which reduces the cost of trade • Increases personal investments- Motivates business
to expand • It decreases the cost of imports- Which reduces
prices and inflation.• It increased U.S. Farm exports- Mexico one of the
top importers of beef, soybean meal, apples, corn, soybeans.
• Decrease American Oil prices- We started getting more oil from Mexico
NAFTA IS GOOD
What are the Disadvantages of NAFTA
• U.S. manufacturers moved jobs to lower-cost Mexico- Between 1994 and 2002, the U.S. lost 1.7 million jobs, gaining only 794,00, for a net loss of 879,000 jobs.
• U.S. Wages are suppressed- U.S factories threaten to move the factory if they have to raise wages
• Mexico’s rural farmers were put out of business by U.S. farms- U.S. had lower prices
• Increase in Maquiladora(Ma-Kee-lah-dora)-U.S. factories hired Mexican workers near the border- 30% of Mexicans worked in U.S factories
• Mexico Environment Deteriorated- Mexico used more fertilizers and chemicals to keep up with American farmers Maquiladora and NAFTA
NAFTA IS BAD
Clinton Impeachment
Objectives:1. What events caused President
Clinton to be Impeachment?2. What was the verdict of his
impeachment?
Question
• Should the American people be concerned about their president doing “immoral” thing? – Cheating on their spouse– Buying XXX movies– Chewing Tobacco – Drinking
Scandal background• Clinton was sued in a
sexual harassment suit by Paula Jones
• One of the witnesses called was a white house intern Monica Lewinsky
• An improper relationship w/Lewinsky emerges
• Urged by a “friend” Linda Tripp, Lewinsky had kept evidence
Paula Jones
Linda Tripp
Monica Lewinsky
Scandal background• “I did not have sexual
relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”
• The investigation expands to see if Clinton lied under oath about the relationship
• Eventually, Clinton admits to a relationship
Clintons speaks to public clip
Impeachment
• Kenneth Starr submits a report to Congress accusing Clinton of betraying his constitutional duties through lies about his relationship
Impeachment • Votes in Congress• House approved
two articles of impeachment
• 1. Perjury• 2. Obstruction of
justice• Senate does not find
Clinton guilty of the charges
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