Research project

Chelsea and I are going to go around common places and im going to record chelsea singing and the reactions on peoples faces

Emit Till

The murder was individual because he chose to say something to the white girl when he knew it was wrong so the two white men attacked him for that. It was also Institutional because it was 2 races against eachother and when his mother wanted the coffin open so everyone could see what what had happend to her son major government figures asked her to close it. She wants the coffin open for the world to see what had happend to her son even though he looked so horrible, she wanted this to be an important show to all african americans about how limited they were and how they were treated. She is saying that instead of hating on the white men for what they did wrong she will use her time to get justice and work hard to help others since her son didn't make it. She would rahter stop all of this and see justice one day then back away because of what happend to her son and let these men win.

Carter Speech

What is the real threat to America, according to Carter, and is that threat still with us today?

That we have a major moral crisis and why are we doing things like take gas from the middle east which is causing more inflation when we have more oil than they do. The bigger picture though is Democracy because the people are loosing confidence and faith which is what builds America. If we start to solve energy problems then America would be taking the 1st step down the right path to true freedom.

What carter says about American society and analyze America today against critique.

He says that we are more about what we own and our status than what we do. More then half of the united states do not vote and Americans working force is dropping. We have htough figured out that goods can't fill the emptiness that people hold. The media and schools are teaching about the government as a warning and truth, which isn't happiness to us.


Energy Crisis Obama vs Nixon agree, disagree.


Carter wants foreign oil usage to stop and under his presidency he wanted us to use not only less oil but slowly stop using foreign oil. Obama Has almost the same idea only he wants to find different resources to use other than oil and foreign oil. It all comes down to not depending on everyone else and finding your won resources

Bill Clinton

The presidency of Bill Clinton 1st term

   1992 to 2000

 

Bill Clinton

• Born 1946 in
  Hope, Arkansas
• Third youngest President
  
  
  
  
• 1st Baby Boomer President (Born after WWII)

• Attended Georgetown University, Yale Law School,Oxford University(England)

• Married Hillary in 1975
• Daughter Chelsea born in 1980

• At age 32, Elected Governor of Arkansas, 1978

• Defeated in 1980
• Re-elected Governor in 1982 and served 10 years
• Ran for President in 1992 for the Democratic Party
• The 1st Democrat President in over 12 years-Defeated incumbent Republican George H.W.Bush and Independent Ross Perot--won 43% of the vote

• Pushed for Homosexual men and women to be allowed to serve in the military---Congress later implemented "Don't ask,Don't tell" Policy

• Created first official website in 1994
• Signed the Brady Bill (Gun Control) into law 
• Clinton supported the Controversial North America Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) allowing for free-trade between the U.S.,Canada and Mexico: This Bill passed the house and senate

• Scandal-White House "Travel Gate"--Inappropriate use of travel funds

• Perhaps the most controversial of Clinton's Domestic
  Legislature Agenda was pushing for a National Healthcare Plan-The task
  force would be led by First Lady, Hillary Clinton

• 1994 Congressional Elections---Republicans win big in the House and Senate
  

 

 

Bill Clinton-2nd term

 

-The end of Clinton's first term

 saw the Republican Party win a

majority in the House and Senate

 

-Democrat Bill Clinton began to drop

more of his liberal agenda

• 
  National Health Care
  
  
  
• 
  adopted more moderate positions
  
• 
  Welfare reform
  
• 
  Tax cuts for lower income families & small businesses
  

 

-In 1996 - Clinton ran for re-election

 defeating Republican Bob Dole

Overwhelmingly with 70% of the Electoral vote

 

Scandals

 

-"White Water" Scandal - Faulty real-estate

dealings in the 1970's & 1980's by both Bill and Hillary

-Voted to impeach Clinton (only the 2nd U.S. President to be)

-Charges of Perjury and Obstruction of Justice (Starr report)

 

-Lied about relationship to Monica Lewinsky

in a sworn deposition during a sexual

harassment lawsuit ( Paula Jones)

 

The Senate

-Concluded the 21 day trial

on Feb.12,1999 voting 'No'

to impeachment

 

Foreign Policy

-The U.S. intervened in many areas

of the Globe (militarily) during the 1990's

 

-Clinton's Foreign Policy was based on

Wilsonian "Idealism", or Collective Security (as opposed to Balance of Power)

(Former President Woodrow Wilson)

• -Somalia 1993 (begun by George H.W.Bush) "Black Hawk Down"
  
• -Used U.S. Troops to keep Peace in the former Yugoslavia
  
• -Bosnia (1995)
  
• -Kosovo(1995) 
• -Haiti-1995

 

Other details of the Clinton Presidency

• -Appointed 2 Judges to Supreme Court (Breyer/Ginsberg)
  
• -China most favored Nation trade Status-1996
  
• -Clinton issues 144 Pardons & 36 commutations on his last day of office
  
• -Budgetary Surplus under President Clinton