jim garner upper dublin high school. question: how was the 1990’s a second gilded age?
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Jim GarnerUpper Dublin High School
The Info-Tech Decade
Question:How was the 1990’s a second
Gilded Age?
1992 Election • George H. W. Bush
• Bill Clinton
1996 Election• Bob Dole
• Bill Clinton
Politics
‘92 and ‘96 Elections
Bill Clinton
• Born William Jefferson Blythe on August 19, 1946– Father died. Renamed
Clinton when mother remarried.
– Georgetown University-Rhodes Scholar-Yale Law
– 2 term Governor of Arkansas
Met JFK in high school
Hilary Clinton
• “Marriage” of political gain?
• Met at Yale Law– Investigative lawyer for
Watergate hearings– Married in 1975– Worked for 1972 and
1976 Presidential Campaigns
– Daughter Chelsea b.1980
First Term Events
“Don’t Ask…Don’t Tell
Somalia Hunger CrisisBlackhawk Down
First White House Website
CONTRACT WITH AMERICA
Newt GingrichSpeaker of the House
Balance Budget Amendment Law and Order
Welfare Reform Child Support Enforcement
Marriage Tax Repeal UN does not command US troops
Social Security Reform Cut Capital Gains Taxes
No “Loser Pay” Laws Legislative Term Limits
Republicans get both House and Senate in 1994
Midterm Elections
Clinton was forced to move to the “center” to avoid being
a one=term president
• It required work in exchange for temporary relief
• 2 years while working • 5 year total limit • New Money Available for Childcare and Health
Insurance
• Tuition money available for Single Mothers
• States determined money available for welfare
Welfare Reform Legislation
“The Era of Big Government is Over”
Welfare Reform Legislation
The Economic Boom• 1992: Bush Tax Hike– $180 billion
• Recession of 92-94
• Budget Overhaul of 93– Tax cut for middle class
• 15 million affected
– 90% of small businesses– Tax hike on wealthiest
1.2%
Why the large increase in Dow Jones?
The Economic Boom
New MarketsCapital Gains
F E D C h a i r m a nA l l e n G r e e n s p a n
K e p t I n t e r e s t R a t e s S t a b l e
CHEAP OIL
THE DOT COM DECADE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Gross National Product
ReaganSupply-Side Clinton
Moderate
Conclusions?
Foreign PolicyA f r i c a
1 9 9 8 E m b a s s y B o m b i n g s
Haiti
USS Cole
A l Q a e d a
Bosnian Genocide
Concentration Camps
Rape Camps
Mass Graves
The Clinton Doctrine• Use lessons from Gulf
War– Act as coalition
• NATO Expansion
– No unilateral actions– Airstrikes first, ground
troops only if necessary– Use military more as
humanitarian service NATO MEMBERS
Domestic Terrorism
February 26, 1993North Tower of WTC
Bombed
April 19, 1995Oklahoma City Federal Building
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols168 Lives – 19 under age 6
“Was this inspired by a culture of hate?”
Rodney KingArrested in LA for drug
induced high speed chase
Police arrest caught on tape
All White Jury Acquitted Police
LA Riots
O.J Simpson• Former Football Star
and broadcaster charged with murder of wife and boyfriend
• Jury Acquitted due to – DNA evidence was
mishandled– Celebrity Status
Trials of the 90’s
• Whitewater Savings and Loan Scandal– Clinton accused of using
state funds while Governor to fund bankrupt S&L firm.
• Not enough evidence to convict them, but….
The Scandals
Kenneth Starr- Independent Prosecutor against Clinton
• Paula Jones (1978)– Sexual Harassment
• U.S. Supreme Court (1997): Jones v. Clinton– A citizen may sue a
sitting President.
– Settled for $850,000– “Is this a trend”
Paula Jones
Monica LewinskyAfter Jones, Starr had a lead to dig
deeper A young WH intern, Monica Lewinsky confided in Linda Tripp about sexual
relations with the President
Tripp recorded her conversations with
Lewinsky and handed them to Kenneth Starr, when Lewinsky lied in
that case
“I did not have sexual relations with that
woman”
She was given immunity in return for true
testimony
445 pages of dirt on President ClintonReleased on September 11, 1998
The Starr Report
IMPEACHMENT
IMPEACHMENT•First Impeachment Since 1867 • Andrew Johnson
•December 19, 1998• Perjury• Obstruction of Justice
•February 12, 1999• Senate Trial • 45 of 67 (2/3) voted for
perjury• 50 of 67 for Obstruction of
Justice• Voting was largely partisan
His LegacyPositives Negatives
Only President in recent history to have a surplus
Does his personal life matter in the eyes of the public?
Pop Culture
MusicAlte
rnative Rock
Punk Rock
“Gangsta” Rap
Television
Best Selling Movie of All Time until Avatar
Movies
Columbine High School• April 20, 1999• Columbine High School
– Suburban Denver
• 12 Students and 1 Teacher Killed– 21 Injured
• Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold– Raised Awareness of
bullying, cliques, drugs, gun laws, etc.
• Princess Diana of Wales• First female to divorce a
British King in history: August 28, 1996
• August 31, 1997– DUI crash killed her
along with companion Dodi Fayed
Princess Diana Dead