APUSH Chapter 41 Matching people places events

William J. Clinton

The first "baby boomer" president who was the first Democrat elected to two full terms since Franklin Roosevelt

H. Ross Perot

Texas billionaire who won nearly twenty percent of the popular vote as third-party candidate in 1992

Hillary Rodham Clinton

First presidential spouse to be given major policy responsibilities and to win election to the United States Senate

Robert Dole

1996 Republican presidential nominee who was soundly defeated by Bill Clinton

Newt Gingrich

Fiery Republican Speaker of the House who led his party to great victory in 1994 but resigned after Republican losses in 1998

John McCain

Moderate Republican senator who led the crusade for campaign finance reform but lost 2000 presidential nomination to George W. Bush

Slobodan Milosevic

Serbian president who conducted vicious "ethnic cleansing" campaigns and was eventually forced from office

Monica Lewinsky

Young White House intern whose sexual affair with President Clinton led to his impeachment

William Rehnquist

Chief Justice of the United States won presided at the impeachment trail of President Clinton

Al Gore

President Clinton's loyal vice president who won the most popular votes but lost the election of 2000

George W. Bush

Son of a former president whose narrow election as president in 2000 did not prevent him from pursuing a strong conservative agenda in office

Richard Cheney

George W. Bush's vice president who vigorously promoted conservative domestic policies and the invasion of Iraq

Osama bin Laden

Wealthy Saudi Arabian exile who formed a global terrorist network that assaulted the United States

Saddam Hussein

Long time Iraqi dictator who was overthrown by invading American armies in 2003

Barack Obama

Illinois senator who became the first African American to be elected president, in 2008