Transcript George H.W. Bush & William Jefferson Clinton

George H.W. Bush &
William Jefferson Clinton
APUSH
President George H.W. Bush
President George H.W.
Bush: 1989 - 1993
 Inherited Reagan’s
problems
 BUSH’S DOMESTIC
POLICY –
•Promised America “no
new taxes!”
•Broke his promise
when the budget
deficit mounted.
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BUSH’S FOREIGN POLICY
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Cold War ends –
Communist
governments in
Eastern Europe
crumble.
•1991 – Soviet Union
dissolves – forms the
Commonwealth of
Independent States.
Berlin Wall removed
at the end of
Reagan’s Presidency
Persian Gulf War: 1990 – 1991
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Saddam Hussein  
orders an Iraqi invasion
of Kuwait
Bush orders troops to
fend off the Iraqi attack.
•U.S. air forces, in
conjunction with
United Nations forces,
pummel Iraq.
Saddam Hussein signs a
cease-fire agreement,
ending the Persian Gulf
War.
Election of 1992
What role did third party candidate Ross Perot play in the election?
President Bill Clinton:1993 – 2001
CLINTON’S DOMESTIC POLICY
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Health-Care
Reform: submitted
a plan to Congress
that would ensure
health care to all
Americans. It was
rejected.
Social Security:
the number of
people taking
money from Social
Security than
contributing Why?
Clinton ran into repeated roadblocks
with the Majority Republican
congress led by Newt Gingrich
Issues:
Balanced budget
Welfare reform
NAFTA
Scandals
Scandals of the Clinton Presidency
Whitewater –The
Clintons were
accused of having
some involvement
in an illegal real
estate scheme in
Arkansas.
 They were never
formally charged.
Monica Lewinsky:
President Clinton
was accused of
lying under oath
about his
relationship with
the White House
intern during a
Whitewater
investigation
The biggest period of
economic growth in our  Results???
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nation’s history occurred
during the Clinton
presidency.
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Election of 2000