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 Nation
concerned
about:
 William
“Bill” Clinton
o Gov. Arkansas
o Economy
o Democrat
o Unemployment
o Appealed to younger
o Recession
voters
 George
Bush
o Incumbent
o Republican
o 12 years of same
politics
 Reform
Candidate
o H. Ross Perot
o Run country like a
corporation.
o War on drugs
o Economic nationalism
 Won
19% of the popular
vote
 Who do you think he
took votes from?
 New
Democrat = more
conservative
o Welfare reform
o Free trade
o Cut military spending
o
 Universal
Healthcare
o Failed, Americans still
feared Socialism
o Could not get it passed in
Congress
 Don’t
ask, don’t tell
o Gays in the military
 Taxes
 Eliminated
o Raised on businesses &
richest Americans (40%)
o Cut for low & middle
income Americans
o Federal gas tax
 Reduction
of military
spending
o Closing bases
Cold War
trade restrictions
o Boosted high tech
industry
 Balanced
the budget
by the end of his
presidency
 Republican
Speaker of
the House
 Conservative principles
o Government was too
large
o Put personal
responsibility of citizens
 Had
an affair with a White
House intern
 Lied about it in front of a
grand jury (PERJURY)
 "there
IS nothing going on
between us“
 "It depends upon what the
meaning of the word 'is‘-is
House of Representatives
 Two
Counts
o Obstruction of Justice
228–206
o Perjury 221–212
o Perjury (failed) 205–229
o Abuse of Power (failed)
148–285
Senate
 Acquitted
Two thirds majority vote
required to impeach (67
votes)
o Obstruction of Justice
50-50
o Perjury 55-45
House of Representatives
 Two
Counts
o Obstruction of Justice
228–206
o Perjury 221–212
o Perjury (failed) 205–229
o Abuse of Power (failed)
148–285
Senate
 Acquitted
Two thirds majority vote
required to impeach (67
votes)
o Obstruction of Justice
50-50
o Perjury 55-45
 Eliminated
Tariffs
between Canada, The
U.S. & Mexico
 Stimulate the
economy?
 Loss of Jobs?
 Promote illegal
immigration?
Yugoslavia
o Consisted of several
ethnic groups
o Serbs massacre
Bosnians
• Ethnic cleansing
• Genocide
o Clinton steps in to
protect eastern
European Muslims
 Foreign
Policy
o Good relationship with
Russia
o Sanctions against Iraq
o Military support in
• Somalia
• Haiti
• Israel
 George
W. Bush (R)
 Al
Gore (D)
 Electoral
College
 FLORIDA
o GORE- 266
o TOO CLOSE TO CALL
o BUSH-271
o State Supreme Court
 Popular
Vote
o Gore - 50,992,335 48.4%
o Bush- 50,455,156
47.9%
called for a statewide
recount.
o US Supreme Court in
a ruling of 5-4 called
for the recount to end.
Giving Bush the victory
by 537 votes in
Florida.
 Terrorist
attack on the
US.
o New York City
o Shanksville, PA
o Washington DC
 al-Qaeda
 Osama
bin Laden
 3000+ people killed
 Greatest attack against
US in history
 War
on Terror – Military force against all nations
harboring known terrorist.
 Transportation Security Agency- heightened
airport security. Passengers & luggage screening.
 Homeland Security- investigate all threats against
the US
 USA Patriot- gave govt the power to search phone
conversations & emails for suspicious
communications
 War
on Terror –made Americans feel threatened
and a heightened state of awareness..
 Transportation Security Agency- pat downs,
random searches, TSA agents go through your
personal effects.
 Homeland Security- constant state of fear and
oversight by the US govt.
 USA Patriot- invasion of privacy
 Saddam
o Had WMD?
o Using chemical weapons
against his people
o Would not cooperate with
UN inspections
 US
forces entered
Baghdad.
 Hussein fled, but was
later captured & hanged
 City
below sea level
 Category 5 hurricane
 Levees did not hold
 City flooded
 Mayor Nagan urged
people to stay in their
homes.
 Asked them to evacuate
with less than 48 hours
2000 stock market
dropped
Banks could not
resale homes leading
to lack of money for
other homes &
investments
Federal Reserve
lowered interest rates
to stimulate the
economy.
Predatory lenders
helped people finance
homes they couldn’t
afford/
Banks foreclosed on
the mortgages.
As interest rates
began to rise, people
could not keep up
payments.
And much like the 1920s Banks began to fail.
 Iraq
War
 Afghanistan
 War on Terror
 Failed economy
 Hurricane Katrina
 When
Bush left office
he had one of the
lowest approval ratings
of any US president
22%

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bushs-final-approval-rating-22-percent/

Barack Obama
(D)

o Senator
o Senator
Illinois
o Strengths
Arizona
o Strengths
• Constitution
al law
• Economics

1st African
American
President
John McCain
(R)
• 30 year
senator
• War veteran
(POW)

Sarah Palin VP
candidate
o Helped bring
excitement to
Rep. party.
 700
Billion Dollars
bailout package to help
stimulate the economy
and rescue failing
business.
 Sonia
Sotomayor
o First Hispanic supreme
court justice.
 Presidential
cabinet
o Hilary Clinton
• Secretary of State
 JIT-
Just in time
o Parts arrive as needed
for manufacturing
o Reduced warehouse
space & costs
 Robotics
o Eliminate costs by
replacing people
• Initial & repair costs
benefits outweigh
human cost by over 60%
 Personal
Computers
o Early computers
• Mathematical equations
• Central processing
• Data storage
o Silicon chips
• Made CPUs smaller & faster
o Bill Gates
• Windows software made
CPUs user friendly for most
people.

Dept. of the Navy
o Military Communication

Movies
o Netflix

Videos
o You tube

News
o VICE

Ecommerce
o Amazon

Elections
o Reach more people with political
ads

Movies
o Spanish version of Breaking Bad

Music
o French Hiphop

News
o German students protest to US
foreign policy

Ecommerce
o Japanese girl buys an Taylor
Swift album on Itunes.

Culture
o Teen in England wearing a Miami
Heat jersey & Yankees baseball
cap.
 Leads
to new
technologies via space
exploration
o Cell Phones
o Microwaves
o Artificial limbs
o Highway safety
(grooves)
 Satellites
o Sputnik
• Beep-beep-beep
 Todays
satellites control
o Television
o Phones
o GPS
o Monitor weather
o Safety
o Destroy other planets 