United States History

President Clinton Internet Assignment

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http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/clinton

The Links are on the RIGHT side of the page under “Essays on Bill Clinton and His Administration”

Life Before the Presidency:

1.  Where and when was President Clinton born?

2.  Summarize President Clinton’s experience with the Vietnam War draft.

3.  Summarize President Clinton’s first term as governor.

4.  Describe the programs that President Clinton supported while governor of Arkansas.

5.  What did President Clinton mean when he labeled himself as a “New Democrat”?

Campaigns and Elections

1.  What two scandalous admissions did President Clinton make during the 1992 primaries?

2.  What issues did President Clinton use for his 1992 campaign?

3.  Who was Ross Perot? What issues did he use in his campaign?

4.  Why was the 1994 Congressional election significant?

5.  Why did so many people after 1994 that President Clinton couldn’t win a second term?

6.  Why did Clinton’s popularity rise and the Republican’s popularity fall by the 1996 election?

7.  Summarize how President Clinton was able to win the 1996 Presidential Election.

Domestic Affairs

1.  What was included in President Clinton’s 1993 economic program? What was the overall impact of his program on the American economy?

2.  What were some examples of President Clinton cooperating with the Republican Congress?

3.  What was President Clinton’s position regarding homosexuality in the military? Why did his position fail to satisfy many Americans?

4.  What did President Clinton mean when he promised to form a cabinet “that looked like America?”

5.  What types of heath care reform did President Clinton attempt?

6.  Why did President Clinton’s heath care reform plan fail?

7.  Summarize the actions of Kenneth Star.

8.  What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Clinton v. Jones?

9.  Summarize the Monica Lewinski scandal.

10.  Why was President Clinton impeached? What was the outcome of his impeachment?

11.  What happened to the popularity of the Republican Party by 1998?

Foreign Affairs

1.  What action did President Clinton take in regard to the U.S. troops in Somalia?

2.  What action did President Clinton take in regards to the Rwandan genocide?

3.  What action did President Clinton take in regards to Haiti?

4.  What was meant by the Clinton policy of the “doctrine of enlargement”?

5.  What were some of the successes of Clinton’s foreign policy?

6.  How did the Clinton administration respond to the ethnic violence in Europe?

7.  What were the successes and failures of Clinton’s policies toward the former Soviet Union?

Impact and Legacy (Read it all first)

1.  What do you think is the legacy of President Clinton? (at least 100 words)