H.W. BUSH TO OBAMA PRESIDENCIES May 27-28, 2014

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H.W. BUSH DOMESTIC ISSUES Economics

Broke tax cut promise, 1992 economic recession Savings & Loan Scandal

Misuse of savings & loan funds American taxpayers paid hundreds of billions to bail

out savings & loan industry

Supreme Court appointments

H.W. BUSH FOREIGN ISSUES

End of the Cold War Berlin Wall torn down Communists gov’ts in E Europe crumble Germany reunited Dissolution of Soviet Union

Invasion of Panama War on drugs

H.W. BUSH FOREIGN ISSUES

Persian Gulf War Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded oil

rich Kuwait Threat to US interests

US response: troops sent, economic sanctions on Iraq

H.W. BUSH FOREIGN ISSUES

Operation Desert Storm Air assault on Iraq by US & UN (similar to Korean War)

Kuwait liberated from Iraq

H.W. BUSH FOREIGN ISSUES

Bosnia & The Balkans Slovenia & Croatia declared independence from

Yugoslavia fighting breaks out Refugee crisis Slobodan Milosevic (Bosnian Serbs) &

ethnic cleansing (genocide)

H.W. BUSH FOREIGN ISSUES

1992 Election Bush (P) & Quayle (VP) v. Clinton (P) & Gore (VP)

v. Perot Perot & third independent parties

Blame for taking votes from majority parties

CLINTON’S DOMESTIC POLICY

Health Care Reform Ensure insurance for all Americans

Too costly, limit choices Still an issue today

Social Security Number of recipients increasing

rapidly (living longer)

CLINTON’S DOMESTIC POLICY

Impeachment Scandal Whitewater affair

Illegal real estate scheme Never formally charged

Monica Lewinski affair Lied, charged w/ perjury & obstruction of justice Acquitted Remained popular (unlike Andrew Johnson, other

president w/ impeachment charges)

Economic prosperity Longest period of economic growth in history

CLINTON’S FOREIGN POLICY

The Arab-Israel Conflict Camp David Summit to mediate, unsuccessful

The Former Yugoslavia Violence between Serbs & Albanians

Latin America Attempt to restore legitimate gov’t in Haiti

CLINTON’S FOREIGN POLICY

Global Economics NAFTA (North American Free Trade

Agreement) Break down trade barriers among US, Canada &

Mexico EU (European Union)

European parallel of NAFTA GATT (General Agreement on Trade & Tariffs)

Encourage international trade

END OF CLINTON ADMINISTRATION

2000 Election George W Bush v. Al Gore FL as key state (swing state)

Electoral votes decided winner So close recounted ordered

Supreme Court intervened Discontinued recounts 1st time in history

Gore won popular, Bush won electoral

GEORGE W BUSH’S DOMESTIC POLICY

Possible recession Raised minimum wage Lower interest rates

No Child Left Behind Major education reform Funds to improve schools Increase teacher & student accountability Proved ineffective

GEORGE W BUSH’S DOMESTIC POLICY

Immigration More serious after 9/11

Social Security & Medicare Affected by increased elderly population Lower birth rates, less employed

2004 Election 2nd term win against John Kerry Condoleeza Rice 1st black Sec. of State

GEORGE W BUSH’S FOREIGN POLICY

9/11 WTC attacked Taliban, al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden

Middle East Israelis & Palestinians

Yasir Arafat (Nobel peace prize, gained permanent homeland for Palestinians)

GEORGE W BUSH’S FOREIGN POLICY War in Iraq

Saddam Hussein & WMD (weapons of mass destruction) WMD as justification

UN support (Korean War, Vietnam War) Operation Iraqi Freedom Human lives lost, financial costs, failure to find

WMD Criticisms of Bush

Bush’s “surge” increased military involvement Congress attempts to limit Similar to Vietnam

GEORGE W BUSH’S FOREIGN POLICY Afghanistan

Citizens under Soviet & Taliban occupation Refugee crisis

US involvement crucial to interests & goals in Asia North Korea

Improved relations Aid in exchange for disarmament

2008 ELECTION Historic “1sts”

Hilary Clinton – female democratic candidate Barack Obama – black democratic candidate

OBAMA’S DOMESTIC POLICY

The economy Faced w/ worst economic crisis since the

Great Depression Failure of major banks

“bail out” founds

Health Care 2010 health care reform bill “Obama Care”

Health care for all Companies cannot deny health care

Ongoing social security issue

OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY

War in Iraq & Afghanistan Decrease in troops in Iraq, increase in

Afghanistan Brought down Osama bin Laden

The Middle East Uprisings against dictatorial govt’s

2010 Congressional Elections Republicans take House of Reps while Democrats

control Senate Third Party – “The Tea Party”

EXIT QUIZ

1. What kind of reform is “no child left behind”?

2. What does WMD stand for?3. What 2 wars is the War in Iraq compared to?4. Name the 2 democratic candidates for the

2008 election5. Name the 3rd party in Congress after 2010