Bill Clinton

The Health Security Act of 1993

A comprehensive reform of the $1 trillion health system, to create universal health care. Led by Hillary Clinton, and was considered Clinton's biggest domestic failure, when it did not pass

Why the Health Security Act of 1993 Failed

A comprehensive reform of the $1 trillion health system, to create universal health care. Led by Hillary Clinton, and was considered Clinton's biggest domestic failure, when it did not pass

Oslo Peace Accords

The PLO agreed to formally recognize the state of Israel and that Israel, in turn, allowed the Palestinians some form of limited self-governance in Gaza and the West Bank (the so-called Occupied Territories)

Who signed the Oslo Peace Accords?

Israel, and the leader of the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization)

Where and when were the Oslo Peace Accords Signed?

Norway, 1993

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

An agreement for free trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico that represented and furthered the cause of globalization

Criticism of NAFTA

Critics worried that Americans would lose Job opportunities, as they would be moved to other countries

Oklahoma City Bombing

Bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995. The blast, set off by Timothy McVeigh, killed 168 people, and is considered the deadliest domestic terrorist attack in U.S. History

Dayton Peace Accords

The U.S.-backed peace plan to end years of ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia that brought an end to the Bosnian War

Bosnia and Kosovo

U.S. Military intervened in these countries to help protect civilians from "ethnic cleansing"

The country of Yugoslavia was split into these countries

Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia

Welfare Reform Act of 1996

This act established the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program in place of the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. The law's stated purpose was to move families from "welfare to work."

Criticisms of the Welfare Reform Act

This act tightened Medicaid eligibility requirements, reduced the width of welfare, and imposed strict employment requirements on the states, which made Clinton's own party (democrats) turn against him.

Founding of PayPal

Founded in 1998 and created low cost, digital payment option for consumers who provided their email address, banking and credit card information

What company was PayPal sold to in 2002?

eBay for $1.5 Billion

Impeachment of Clinton

President Bill Clinton is charged with lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice regarding an affair with Monica Lewinsky. The president was acquitted on both articles.

Bill Clinton

In 1998, he became the 2nd president to be impeached by the House of Representatives, but still left office with a high approval rating

Columbine HS Shooting (1999)

Two students open fire on their classmates in Littleton, Colorado, Killing 13 and wounding over 20 others before turning their guns on themselves and committing suicide.

Effects of the Columbine HS Shooting

Spurred a national debate on gun control, school safety, and violence in the media

USS Cole Bombing

A motorized rubber dinghy loaded with explosives blows a 40-by-40-foot hole in the port side of a U.S. Navy destroyer in October of 2000

Who was responsible for the USS Cole Bombing?

A large team of U.S. investigators and FBI focused exclusively on possible links to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda's terrorist network.