History quiz tomorrow

document that listed ten items republicans promised to enact if they won control of Congress and by whom that document was drafted (written)

Contract with America

Act signed by President Clinton in 1993 in which one of its provisions was that people had to wait five days to purchase a firearm

Brady Hangun Violence Prevention Act/ Brady act 

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act was part of President Clinton’s proposal for this type of reform

Welfare Reform

In 1997 President Clinton and Congress agreed to create this by the year 2002. A year later President Clinton announced that there was a surplus

Balance Budget Act

As part of the economic upturn in the 1990s, large corporations began to do this, or trim payrolls to streamline operations and increase profits

Downsizing 

Criticism of international trade agreements came from American workers worried that they would lose their jobs to countries that produced the same goods as the United States but at a lower cost, a practice often called what?

Outsourcing

This is the part of the economy that provides services to consumers

Service sectors

Who was head of President Clinton's task force on Affordable Health Care?

Hillary Clinton. It was controversial and the law did not pass.

What nation was brought into an existing free-trade zone by NAFTA?(North American Free Trade Agreement)

Mexico was added to an existing U.S.-Canada free trade zone. It reduced tariffs between countries to increase trade. Easier to buy goods and lower costs. They feared job loss due to outsourcing.

Clintons achievement 1. Welfare reform

required people to work to receive benefits, put time limits on welfare assistance. It reduced welfare rolls and encouraged employment.

Clintons achievement 2. Deficit Reduction

Clinton worked to lower the federal deficit, raised some taxes and cut spending. It helped stabilize the economy and budget surplus.

Clintons Achievement 3. Balanced Budget Amendment

It was a plan to require the government to balance the budget. It was not passed. What did happen was Blanaced Budget act of 1997 was passed. It led to a budget surplus in late 1990s.

Candidates for Election 1992: Bill Clinton

The winner. Governor of Arkansas, Ran as a moderate democrat, focus on the economy, promised changed after 12 years or republican presidents, won the election and became the 42nd president

Candidates for Election 1992: George H.W. Bush

The incumbent president (already in office), former vice president under Ronad Reagan, led the U.S. during the Persian Gulf war, lost support due to economic problems at home. 

Candidates for Election 1992: Ross Perot

Businessman, not a career politician. Ran as an independent, focused on the national debt and deficit, took votes from both parties, did not win, but had strong support. He split the vote, it helped affect the outcome of the election. 

Partisan politics in the impeachment of President Clinton

Was impeached by the house, by lying under oath. The senate acquitted him. Politics were highly partisan. Republicans in the House largely pushed impeachment, Democrats mostly opposed; votes in Congress were sharply split along party lines

Economic trends: Downsizing corporations

When companies layoff workers to cut costs and increase profits. It happened because companies wanted to be more competitive, new technology meant fewer workers were needed, and pressure to increase profits. Effects; workers felt less secure and even profitable companies fired employees.

Economic trend: An increase in service sector jobs:

provides services, not goods. Examples: retail, healthcare, education, banking, restaurants. It increased because Americans spent more money on services, manufacturing declined, technology and office jobs grew. Effects: Many service jobs payed less than factory jobs, fewer benefits and less job security

Economic trend: A decline in manufacturing jobs

making physical goods in factories. Why it declined: outsourcing to cheaper labor countries, Automation and machines replaced workers, global competition. What it effected: factory closures, job losses in industrial cities, long-term unemployment for some workers

why many workers felt less secure in the workplace in the 1990s

• Frequent lay offs and plant closings from downsizing and restructuring, even when the overall economy was growing

• Shift from long-term, stable manufacturing jobs to service jobs that often had lowery pay or fewer benefits

• Fear of outsourcing and competition from lower-wage countries

• Fewer factory jobs

• More temporary or unstable jobs

• Cut workers to save money