UNIT 9 SEMESTER 2CHAPTER 26/THE 1990S

BILL CLINTON 1993-2001

1992 ELECTION

ROSS PEROT Won 19% of the

popular vote as third party candidate

Being a billionaire businessman from Texas, most experts argue that his success hurt President Bush

HILLARY CLINTON AND HEALTH CARE REFORM First Lady Clinton’s

efforts to achieve universal healthcare coverage for all Americans failed; too many members of Congress viewed her plan as socialism

BALANCED BUDGETS 1999-2001

1995 OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING

Gulf War veteran turned anti-government militiaman Timothy McVeigh attacked the Oklahoma City Federal Building on April 19, 1995

OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING

TIMOTHY McVEIGH AND TERRY NICHOLS

1999 COLUMBINE SCHOOL SHOOTING On April 20, 1999,

Graduating Seniors Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students, 1 teacher and themselves during an attack on their school, Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado

AL-QAIDA ATTACKS 1993 WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING 1993 FIRST BATTLE OF MOGADISHU

Black Hawk Down

1998 U.S. AFRICAN EMBASSY BOMBINGS

2000 ATACK ON THE U.S.S COLE 9/11

1993 WTC BOMBING

OPERATION RESTORE HOPE In December 1992, President Bush sent

troops to Somalia on a humanitarian mission to feed people suffering from famine

Under President Clinton, the mission expanded when famine relief efforts were damaged by warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid

BLACK HAWK DOWN

1998 U.S. EMBASSY BOMBINGS IN TANZANIA AND KENYA

2000 ATTACK ON THE USS COLE

9/11WORLD TRADE CENTER

9/11 PENTAGON

9/11 PENNSYLVANIA

UNITED FLIGHT 93

GENOCIDE IN RWANDA

GENOCIDE IN BOSNIA In an attempt to keep his hold over all of the

former Yugoslavia, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic began ethnically cleansing non-Serbs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. Murder, rape and concentration camps were rampant. In order to end the genocide, President Clinton sent troops to lead a NATO invasion.

THE BOSNIAN WAR

1995 DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS

WAR IN KOSOVO In 1998-99, the Serbian province of Kosovo

declared independence. After Serbia began attacking, President Clinton bombed Serbia and NATO forces occupied Kosovo as peacekeepers. Afterward, both sides of the conflict were charged with crimes against humanity.

NAFTA Trade agreement between the U.S.,

Canada and Mexico Initiated free trade between the three

countries in order to create an economic alliance

Has led to a transfer of U.S. manufacturing jobs to Mexico

IMPEACHMENT OF BILL CLINTON

While investigating allegations of illegal financial deals by President Clinton, the Justice Department discovered that the President had lied under oath regarding an alleged affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

IMPEACHMENT OF BILL CLINTON

ELECTION 2000

ELECTION 2000

PATRIOT ACT Following 9/11, the

Congress passed the Patriot Act, which enabled the Executive Branch to investigate terrorism suspects without warrants

WAR IN IRAQ In March 2003, after

several months of demanding Iraqi compliance with United Nations sanctions, the U.S. and Great Britain invaded Iraq and overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein