PPT-Bush 41 and Clinton

A New Era Post Cold War George H W Bush End of Cold Warwaning power of the Soviets May 1989 Hungary opens the border to Austria the Iron Curtain is breached June 1989 Solidarity wins elections in Poland. Reagan’s VP George H.W. Bush wins the presidency in 1988.. Remembered mostly for guiding the US through the Persian Gulf War (the 1. st. Iraqi War).. August 1990 – Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi army invade neighboring Kuwait. Taesung. Lee, . Zhongyuan. Wang. , . Haixun. Wang, Seung-won Hwang. VLDB 2011. Knowledge. Taxonomy. Manually built. e.g. Freebase. Automatically generated. e.g. . Yago. , . Probase. Probase. : . a project at MSR . 1993-2001. Road to the Whitehouse. Bill Clinton defeated George H. Bush, limited Bush to one term as President. Many were surprised to see Clinton win the election as his campaign was plagued by scandals involving women.. Group 1: Alex Lochard, Michael Kramer, Pieter De Wolf, Rachel Cohen . Problem Statement. During political campaigns, candidates and parties are faced with limited resources which include time and money. That being said it is important to invest resources in geographical areas that will produce the greatest amount of votes. Power & constraints. Introduction: the most powerful man in the world?. Faces numerous checks and balances. Bifurcated. Both commander-in-chief and ‘. bargainer. -in-chief’. Lyndon Johnson: “The only power I’ve got is nuclear and I’m not allowed to use that”.. Taft-Hartley Act (1947) – reduced growth of organized labor. Serviceman’s Readjustment Act (G.I. Bill) (1944) – financial aid to veterans of WWII (education, job training). Long-term Economic prosperity. Chapter 33: into the twenty-first century. Main Idea: Bill Clinton was a new type of Democrat, and his administration faced challenges for a new millennium– and scandals as old as politics.. Chapter 33 section 1: The Clinton years. Which of the following events . DID NOT . happen during Bush’s term (1989-93)?. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed. Rwanda Genocide. End of the Cold War. First Persian Gulf (Iraq)War. --1994. America Confronts . the Post-Cold . War Era. Bill Clinton: The First Baby-Boomer President. Clinton was a “New” Democrat:. Movement towards the center politically. Tougher on crime, pro-defense, welfare reform. 1989-2008. George Bush #41. Domestic Policy. Budget Deficit: . Regan’s spending practices led to a huge deficit. Bush went back on his promise to not raise taxes.. Civil Rights & Unrest: . Riots in Los Angeles and other cities in 1992 after a jury found white policemen not guilty in beating a black man – Rodney King. 1989-2011. America in the Global Economy. The Rise of European Union and China. In 1992 the nations of Western Europe formed the European Union (EU) . Currency; the “Euro”. Between 2000 and 200, China quadrupled its grow domestic product (GDP). Bill Clinton was a new type of Democrat, and his . administration faced . challenges for a new millennium—and scandals as old . as politics. .. His resume. Attorney general of Arkansas at 30. years . Background Information. Born August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. Attended college at Georgetown University, then won a prestigious scholarship to Oxford for 2 years. While in England, he received a draft notice and had to return to Arkansas. He dodged the draft, but later resubmitted his name. He was never called.. 1. The 21. st. -Century . United States. Politics & Leaders. 2. The Presidency . of . George W. Bush . 3. The election depended on Florida’s 25 electoral votes.. Clinton’s Vice . President, Al Gore, ran for the Democrats against Republican George W. Bush for .