BUSH, CLINTON, BUSH, OBAMA
• AIM: What domestic and international
conflicts caused problems for the United
States during this time?
George H.W. Bush (41)
• Economic-promised voters no new taxes,
but as budget kept going down, he was
forced to break this promise.
• American taxpayers paid hundreds of
billions of dollars to bail out the savings
and loan industry.
• Appointed Clarence Thomas and David
Souter to the Supreme Court.
George Bush cont’d
• Saw the end of the Cold War
• Berlin Wall came down
• Invaded Panama to capture the leader to
try him on drug charges.
PERSIAN GULF WAR
• Operation Desert Storm-US with a troop
force of 500,000 and Allied troops from a
number of other nations began a total air
assault on Iraq.
CLINTON
• Governor of Arkansas
• Elected in 1992
• Presented to congress a plan for all Americans to have
healthcare
– Critics said it was too expensive
• 1998 a special prosecutor accused Clinton of several
offenses (lying under oath about a relationship with an
intern)
• Clinton was impeached on Dec 19, 1998 for perjury and
obstruction of justice
• Senate acquitted Clinton
NAFTA
• NAFTA
• U.S., Canada and Mexico
• Attempted to break down trade barriers
between the nations
GEORGE W. BUSH
• No Child Left Behind-increased student
and teacher accountability and targeted
funds for improving schools.
• Violence- Virginia Tech killings (gun
control)
• Immigration- estimated that illegal
immigrants in the US today are more than
10 million.
OUTLINE
• Outline in your review books the following for George W.
Bush:
– 9/11
– Middle east
– War in Iraq
– Afghanistan
– N. Korea
– Iran
– Pakistan
– Africa