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• Essential Question
• To what extent did the Clinton Bush (1 and 2)
  years deviate from the Reagan era?
• Warm-Up Question
• What is the difference between the New Left
  New Right?

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George H. W. Bush

• 1988-1992

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Cycles of Anti-Immigrant Fear

• 1910s

• 1990s

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Bush I

• Post Cold War
• Unclear foreign policy
• Who is the enemy now?
• Focused on domestic issues
• Gulf War

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Middle East

• Persian Gulf War of 1991
• Iraq invaded Kuwait
• Sent 200,000 troops to Saudi Arabia (Desert
  Shield) warn Saddam Hussein
• Increased troops to 430,000 and in February 1991
  invaded Iraq to free Kuwait (Desert Storm)
• Control of the media, smart bombs, and Colin
  Powells overwhelming force doctrine

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A Coalition of Nations
The United States joined a coalition of 26
nations to free Kuwait.
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Operation Desert Shield
This was the build up phase of the war. It took
five months for the US and other countries to
move enough men and material to the Middle East.
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Operation Desert Storm
Saddam Hussein refused to withdraw from Kuwait
and on January 16, 1991, Operation Desert Storm
began.
The coalition bombed Iraq for one month before
using ground troops.
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Ground Troops Attack
It only took 100 hours for the US-led coalition
to free the Kuwaiti people and push Iraq back
across its boarders.
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Question Time about my service during the Persian
Gulf War.
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The picture on the left is the Blackhawk that I
flew on during the war. It is sitting on the
deck of USNS Comfort, a US Naval hospital ship,
in the Persian Gulf.
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Ecological Disaster
Before Iraqi troops pulled out of Kuwait, they
set oil wells on fire sending pollution into the
atmosphere. Over 10 million barrels of oil were
wasted.
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The Presidency of Bill Clinton
Clinton Video
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Bill Clinton A New Democrat

• Bill Clinton represented a new group of Democrats
  who hoped to reclaim lost Reagan Democrats
• His agenda as president included
• To reduce the size of the govt
• To balance the federal budget
• To reform welfare extend healthcare to all
  Americans
• To promote economic growth

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Domestic Policy under Clinton
A return to Reagan-style tax cuts, increased
military spending, limited role of govt

• Clinton attempted a bold plan to offer universal
  health coverage
• The bills defeat allowed for sweeping victories
  in the 1994 midterms for Republicans
• Repubs, led by Newt Gingrich, offered a Contract
  with America
• Clinton undercut their agenda by reducing the
  size of the govt planning for a balanced budget

The era of big govt is over Clinton
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Foreign Policy under Clinton

• Clinton encouraged free trade
• Clinton signed North American Free Trade
  Agreement (NAFTA) (initiated under Bush) which
  reduced trade barriers among USA, Mexico,
  Canada
• General Agreement on Tariffs Trade cut tariffs
  the World Trade Org helped settle trade
  disputes among 117 nations

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Foreign Policy under Clinton

• U.S. international peacekeeping
• From 1993-1995, U.S. troops were sent to Somalia
  to offer food restore order to civil war
• In 1999, the U.S. UN sent troops to Bosnia (in
  the former Yugoslavia) to stop Serbian ethnic
  cleansing

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Slobodan Milosevic
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Upheaval in the 1990s

• Clinton presided during an economic boom, but
  anxiety was prevalent throughout the decade
• Los Angeles race riots (1992)
• Terrorism at the World Trade Center (1993)
  Murrah Federal Center in Oklahoma City (1995)
• Clinton scandals Whitewater Monica Lewinsky

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The Presidency of George W. Bush
Bush Video
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George W. Bush
Results of the 2000 Election by Voting Precinct

• The election of 2000 was the closest since
  Nixon-Kennedy in 1960 the only disputed
  election since Tilden-Hayes in 1876
• Hanging or dimpled chads in Florida
• The Supreme Court ruled in Bush v Gore (2000) to
  stop the recount declare Bush the winner of the
  election

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Key Events in the Bush Presidency

• Key events in the Bush years
• Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by fundamentalist
  Al Qaeda led to the invasion of Afghanistan the
  hunt for Osama bin Laden
• Bushs declaration of an Axis of Evil in North
  Korea, Iran, Iraq
• The invasion of Iraq in 2003 to remove Saddam
  Hussein

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Global Terrorist Strikes, 1998-2007
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Obama Administration
44th President of the United States Yes We Can
campaign National Healthcare for all Presidents
such as Truman, Nixon and Clinton had tried to
create a national healthcare plan. President
Obama signed the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act in March 2010.
Economic Crisis Causes Toxic Investments
Falling House Prices Effects Bank Failures
Foreclosures High Consumer Debt Low Business
Investment Rising Unemployment