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42 President of the
United States of America
By: Marwan Hawari, Malay Shah, Kevin Gao
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Middle East - Clinton was deeply involved in
peace agreements between Israel and the
Palestinians. Secret mediations between him
and Prime Min. Rabin led to Oslo Accords in
1993.
Domestic Policy
Domestic Policy
Coming into his presidency, Clinton was faced with
economic problems from the economic bust 10 years
earlier.
Clinton's economic strategy focused on fiscal discipline;
investment in education, healthcare, and technology;
and opening foreign markets.
Clinton increased tax on the wealthy and cut
government spending.
Unemployment and poverty rates decreased and
reached all time lows.
Influential People
Influential People
Al Gore: Vice President. tried to run for
president in 2000. Wrote the book: An
inconvenient truth (also film), which made
people aware of the effects of global warming
on climate change.
Hillary Clinton: Spouse. A couple of her major
initiatives as first lady were the State Childrens
health care program and the Foster Care
independence Act
Important Documents
Important Documents
Important Documents
Trends/ Changes
Trends/ Changes
Great period of Economic Growth (which averaged 4% per
year), characterized by record high surpluses and low poverty
and low unemployment rates (created 22 million more jobs).
In part because of the development of the internet and
microchip machines.
Decline of the Democratic Party 1991 - Congress was 62
percent Democratic in the House of Reps and 56 percent in
the Senate. By 2001, it was 48% in the House and 50% in the
Senate. Amount of Democratic owned State legislatures also
dropped in this 10-year period from 29 to 18 percent.
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