Miss Harris Worksheet Megan

Clinton’s Six-Nation tour of Africa: In _________ Clinton became the first president to visit Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana, and Senegal in South Africa.
• His goal was to _____________________________________________
Clinton also wanted to bring peace to the Middle East. In 1998 the U.S and Great Britain bombed Iraq.
• Called _____________________________________________________
_________: Kenneth Starr charged Clinton with perjury. He was not convicted because of lack of 2/3 majority.
____________________ won the 2000 election against Democrat Al Gore and Green Party nominee Ralph Nader by winning the vote of the state of _________________________.
In his first term George Bush pushed for two main things:
• _________________ He put a ____% tax cut on people with the highest incomes, and gave _____ in rebate to taxpayers and _____ in rebate to couples.
• ______________________ In 2002 the No Child Left Behind Act was passed. Goal: To close the gap between disadvantaged children and ones able to afford a good education.
September 11, 2001: ____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Because of these attacks the economy, which had been going into recession, revived.
Corporate Frauds: In the summer and fall of 2001 many big companies were found to be involved in corporate frauds.
• Companies inflated their _________ and when the fraud was discovered, many investors lost money.
• The most famous company was __________. On______________________ it declared bankruptcy.  The financial impact was ________________, and thousands lost their jobs.
• _____________________ Andrew Fastow, Enron’s top financial executive was arrested for : 1._____________________________________
▪           2. ____________________________________
▪           3._____________________________________
• July 2002: Bush passed stricter_______________ to stop corporate crimes.
Immigration: Because of poverty/political conflicts in other countries, thousands of immigrants came to the U.S. once immigration laws were relaxed in_____________.
• ________________________________________________- allowed immigrants who had lived in the U.S. since 1981 to become citizens.
Affirmative Action: Programs designed to aid _________________________ and ___________ so they could gain more equality.
• This actually worked and the black middle class slowly grew. African Americans also had more__________ and less ____________.
• Women made big steps and gained many educational and job rights. In the 1990s, women were almost _______ of the labor force.
• But in _________, the Supreme Court limited affirmative action through the ______________________________________________ court case. [People felt establishing quotas was unfair.]
Growing Violence:
1. ______________________- Both in the U.S. and outside of it.
2. _______________________-Troubled, angry boys with access to guns endangered High Schools and Colleges. Ex: ____________________________
3. _______________________-Mostly among Hispanic and African-American young men. Police Chief Thomas Sweeney started ________________________, which put more police out on foot patrol and formed better relations between the people and police.
Technology: There were huge advances in technology, such as ___________________, which affected everything.
The _________________ also affected the world hugely.
• Made communication faster, but information less secure.
Health Care: Life span was increased by penicillin and new ways to prevent deadly diseases. There were also studies on how to stop ___________________________________________.
Education: Schools tried to improve their educational systems when American students were academically behind students from other countries.
• They established______________________________________, decreased _________________, and raised___________________________________.
• ___________ won the 2002 election.