President Bill Clinton

1
President Bill Clinton

• January 20, 1993
• January 20, 2001

Created edited by Steve Armstrong SHS, 1994-2006
2
1992 Election
3
President Bush

• Bushs approval rating slipped dramatically from
  92
• Republicans questioned the wisdom of keeping Dan
  Quayle on the ticket

4
(No Transcript)
5
But Quayle had been a good Vice-President
6
Gov. Bill Clinton

• Gov. Clinton said that Republicans were
  bankrupting the USA
• Its the economy, stupid.
• Democrats finally seemed unified -- the first
  time since 1964
• Called for reform of government spending

7
Clinton met JFK in 1963
8
Clintons personal issues

• Stated that he had caused pain in his marriage
• Hillary said that was not the kind of woman who
  would just stand by my man
• Clintons lack of military service did not become
  a major campaign issue
• I tried it, but didnt inhale.

9
Ross Perot

• Perot said that he would spend his own money to
  campaign if citizens placed his name on the
  ballot in all fifty states
• Called on government to solve the deficit problem

10
(No Transcript)
11
Clinton and Al Gore

• Clinton selected Sen. Al Gore as his running mate
• This was the first ever baby-boomer ticket
• Al Gore and wife Tipper had a good marriage, to
  contrast with the apparent rocky marriage of Bill
  and Hillary

12
(No Transcript)
13
Bush seemed bored at the debates
14
Clinton approached the audience
15
Clintons victory

• Had the Conservative Revolution failed?
• Four women, including Carol Mosely Braun, were
  elected to the Senate

16
Clinton Inauguration, 1992
17
(No Transcript)
18
Clintons Morning Jog
19
Clinton worked long hours,
20
enjoyed white House ceremonies,
21
and loved the celebrity life

• Clinton thoroughly enjoyed his time with
  Hollywood celebrities

22
Clinton and Pope John Paul II
23
Clinton and Nelson Mandela
24
Clinton in Selma, Alabama
25
Clinton with the troops
26
Clinton with Boris Yeltsin
27
Clinton and Mia Hamm
28
Immigration changes

• 500,000 Vietnamese refugees arrived in the USA
• More Hispanics crossed the border
• Hispanics may account for 35 of the USA
  population
• Chinese and Korean immigrants arrived by the tens
  of thousands

29
Immigration debate

• Illegal immigration continued to rise
• Many immigrants, even those from Asia, had
  low-paying jobs
• More religious diversity arrived with the new
  flow of immigrants

30
The Clinton agenda

• Desired to be an activist executive
• Democrats barely held majorities in Congress
• Clinton backed down on diversifying his Cabinet
  when some nominees were too controversial

31
(No Transcript)
32
Early Clinton initiatives

• Dont ask, dont tell -gt Clinton tried to make
  room for homosexuals in the military
• Created a plan to reduce the federal deficits
• Signed NAFTA gt North American Free Trade
  Agreement, linking the American economy with that
  of Mexico Canada
• Brady Bill gt the first serious gun control
  legislation since 1968
• Banned ownership of assault weapons

33
(No Transcript)
34
(No Transcript)
35
Clinton and Ruth Bader Ginsberg
36
Health care initiative, 1993

• Clinton pushed for Congress to create an
  affordable health care program for all Americans
• Hillary Clinton appeared before Congress to push
  this
• Becoming complex, Congress proposed 27 versions
  of health care legislation

37
(No Transcript)
38
Economic agenda

• Clinton wanted to balance the federal budget and
  reduce deficits
• Clinton wanted higher corporate taxes
• A compromise budget was agreed to, with V-P Gore
  giving the tie-breaking vote

39
Clinton signing Economic Stimulus Package
40
World Trade Center Bombing
41
WTC Bombing - 1993

• February 23, 1993 - a terrorist group linked to
  al-Qaeda expoded a car bomb in the World Trade
  Center
• 6 killed - 1,000 injured
• President Clinton ordered a full FBI
  investigation into this terrorist act

42
Republican Revolution, Act II

• Republicans, led by Newt Gingrich, proposed a
  Contract with America
• If Republican majorities were elected,
  Republicans promised to reduce federal spending
• Promised tax cuts, balanced budgets

43
(No Transcript)
44
Gingrich v. Clinton

• Clinton threatened to veto the Republican budget
  plan
• Gingrich and the Republicans voted to shut down
  the government
• The American public reacted harshly to this
  intransigence

45
Waco incident, 1993

• FBI agents used force to break into the compound
  of cultist David Koresh
• Koreshs people killed 4 federal agents
• More federal agents attacked Koreshs compound,
  resulting in 77 deaths

46
Oklahoma City bombing, 1995

• Extremist Timothy McVeigh destroyed a federal
  federal building
• This bombing occurred on the 2nd anniversary of
  the WACO incident
• 161 deaths
• Right-wing militia groups were brought to the
  publics attention

47
Image of home-grown terrorism
48
Welfare reform, 1996

• Clinton signed the first sweeping reform bill
• Republican influence was evident in this new law
• Democratic Party ideals were altered by the
  Republicans
• Certain programs were cut

49
The new economy

• Stock market surge propelled the economy
• New technologies boosted the economy
• More corporations outsourced their production
• Many blue-collar jobs were out of work

50
More Mideast Peace

• Clinton promoted additional peace agreements
  between Israel and the Palestinian Authority

51
(No Transcript)
52
Clinton scandals

• Republicans had been investigating Clinton since
  1994
• Republicans spent millions of tax dollars
  pursuing Clinton
• The Lewinsky scandal led to Clintons impeachment
  in 1998
• Clinton survived

53
(No Transcript)
54
(No Transcript)