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EOCT Monday, April 27thEOCT Monday, April 27th

The Clinton and The Clinton and George W. Bush George W. Bush Presidencies!!Presidencies!!

Into a New Into a New Century…Century…Chapter 33

Bill ClintonBill Clinton: Democrat Democrat 1993-20011993-2001

•A “New DemocratNew Democrat”- America is ready for a change!

•Family Medical Leave Act

The Republicans The Republicans Galvanize…Galvanize…

• Newt GingrichNewt Gingrich led the opposition against Clinton.

• Contract with America:Contract with America:– Balance Fed. budget– Welfare reform– Tax cuts for middle class– Decrease Govt. involvement– Term limits for Congress!– The idea was to capture the votes of

Americans who felt the federal government was too big, to wasteful, and too liberal!

= Republicans capture the Republicans capture the 1994 1994 CongressionalCongressional elections and take over elections and take over the house!the house!

- However, Clinton does However, Clinton does winwin re- re-election in 1996election in 1996!!

The “Rock Star” The “Rock Star” President…..President…..

ScandalsScandals, , ImpeachmentImpeachment, ,

and and TrialTrial……

1.1. Whitewater scandalWhitewater scandal: : over investments made in this real estate company=

2. “Lewinsky-gate”Affair with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky=

Admits affair=Republican Congress impeaches Clinton=

Short trial for the 2/3rds majority needed to be removed=

Clinton acquitted!(Meanwhile Osama Bin Laden is planning his attack….)

Global Politics and Global Politics and EconomicsEconomics

• America Joins America Joins NAFTA:NAFTA: North American Free North American Free Trade AgreementTrade Agreement= removal of = removal of tradetrade restrictions among the US, Canada, and restrictions among the US, Canada, and Mexico.Mexico.

= promote growth, reduce prices, increase = promote growth, reduce prices, increase exports, and encourage economic exports, and encourage economic investment.investment.

Those opposed= force American manufacturers Those opposed= force American manufacturers to to relocaterelocate to Mexico, where wages are to Mexico, where wages are lowerlower, and environmental controls were less , and environmental controls were less rigidrigid!!

The Election of 2000…The Election of 2000…

•Three Candidates=Three Candidates=–Republicans: George W.

Bush–Democrats: Al Gore

–Green party: Ralph Nader

The Election of 2000: A The Election of 2000: A Tight RaceTight Race

A tight race…A tight race…• Both Gore and Bush did

not receive the majority of electoral votes(270) needed to win.

• In Florida, the count was so close that a state law required their be a recount in votes= Bush winning the majority he needed.

• Democrats outraged and demanded a hand, rather than machine, recount the Florida votes.

• Bush vs. GoreBush vs. Gore: A Supreme Court decision to end the recounting of the votes and instill a Gore defeat!

George W. Bush: RepublicanGeorge W. Bush: Republican 2001-2008 2001-2008

• No Child Left Behind:No Child Left Behind: held schools accountable by held schools accountable by penalizing those that did not reach federal performance penalizing those that did not reach federal performance

standards, improved teacher quality and for making standards, improved teacher quality and for making information about schools more readily available to parents!information about schools more readily available to parents!

The United States is The United States is Attacked…Attacked…• September 11, 2001: September 11, 2001:

“Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, and our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts… Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror…These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed… Terrorists attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve!”

- George W. Bush 9/11/2001

The Terrorist The Terrorist Attacks of 9/11Attacks of 9/11• Shortly before 9 am eastern time

on September 11th, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The crash was the first of four airplane crashes in an orchestrated attack again the United States. As panicked people fled the city, stunned Americans watched the horrific scenes unfold on their televisions. Just over and hour after the first crash, the World Trade Center began to collapse, spewing dust and debris over the city, and trapping the hundreds of firefighters and police who had gone into the towers to rescue people. Meanwhile, passengers on another hijacked airplane learned of the crashes on their cell phones. They bravely stormed the cockpit, refusing to allow the hijackers to target another building. As the day went on, Americans learned that terrorists had spearheaded the attack!

• Why it Matters:Why it Matters:

- September 11- September 11thth was the was the first attack against first attack against Americans in 50 years, Americans in 50 years, when the Japanese when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in bombed Pearl Harbor in World War II. World War II. In total, In total, more then 3,000 more then 3,000 Americans died in the Americans died in the attacks, more than died in attacks, more than died in Pearl Harbor. September Pearl Harbor. September 11 became a moment 11 became a moment when Americans’ when Americans’ confidence in their confidence in their nation’s power and safety nation’s power and safety was deeply shaken. was deeply shaken. Americans came together Americans came together to grieve, rebuild, and to grieve, rebuild, and decide how to deal with decide how to deal with the threat of terrorism. the threat of terrorism.

America’sAmerica’s “ “War on War on TerrorismTerrorism:”:”• American officials quickly determined that Osama Osama

Bin Laden’sBin Laden’s Al QaedaAl Qaeda network had been behind the September 11th attacks.

• All of which were hiding in Afghanistan's Taliban govt. allowed them to run training camps for terrorists.

• Bush immediately demanded that the Taliban turn over Bin Laden to US custody and shut down the terrorist training camps

= They refuse=American troops sent and crushed the Taliban within 3 months. (Bin laden escapes???)

-Afghanistan held its first free elections and wrote a new constitution.

Improving National Security:

• Patriot Act:Patriot Act: Gives law enforcement more power to monitor suspected terrorists and detain/deport aliens who were associated with terrorists groups.

• Department of Homeland Security:Department of Homeland Security: New cabinet level to coordinate domestic security matters among a number of local, state and federal agencies.

• People are willing to give up some of their freedoms in return for improved

protection against attack.

Launching Operation Iraqi Freedom

• Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein had remained in power and defied the UN weapons investigators.

• Believed he was constructing and stockpiling

nuclear, biological and chemical Weapons Weapons of Mass Destruction.of Mass Destruction.

• October 2002, Congress authorized Bush to use American military force against Iraq.

= Saddam’s forces captured quickly, went into hiding, later found and arrested.

Bush’s second Bush’s second term…term…• Bush wins re-election in 2004

• Critics believe he exaggerated evidence of WMD and misled Congress and the American people in his effort to win support for the war.

• Condoleezza Rice: 1st AAW Secretary of State• Slow response to Hurricane Katrina