1990s

1990s

Generation X

William Jefferson Clinton

1st term: 1993-1997

George H. W. Bush

Domestic

Family and Medical Leave Act

Violence Against Women Act

NAFTA

Foreign Policy

Foreign

1994 reinstatement of Haiti's democratically elected president

1994 - Dayton Accords (Bosnia)

Domestic Policy

December 1989 - Panama

U.S. overthrows Manuel Noriega

August 1990 - Iraq

Saddam Hussein launched an invasion on Kuwait and threatened Saudi Arabia

January 1991 - Operation Desert Storm

July 1991 - Russia

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

2nd term (1997-2001)

Disabilities Act of 1990

Clean air Amendments of 1990

Supreme Court

David Souter (1990)

Clarence Thomas (1991)

Economic Recession

"No new taxes"

1998

first federal surplus

peace agreement Northern Ireland

launched air attack against Iraq

December 19, 1998 impeached

1999

Kosovo

2000 - trade with China