US History Chapter 26 - The United States In Today's World

William Jefferson Clinton

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William Jefferson Clinton

Governor of Arkansas that became the first member of the baby boom generation to win the presidency. He vowed to strengthen the nation's weak economy and to lead the Democratic Party in a more moderate direction

A third-party candidate in the election of 1992 - He was a texas billionaire who targeted the soaring federal budget deficit as the nation's number one problem

Hillary Rodham Clinton

A skilled lawyer and child-welfare advocate who was appointed to head a team in creating a plan for the health care reform bill

The North American Free Trade Agreement - a 1993 treaty that lowered tariffs and brought Mexico into the freetrade zone established by the United States and Canada

Republican speaker in the House. He pushed for more conservative legislation during Clinton's presidency.

Contract with America

A document that was drafted by Representative Newt Gingrich and signed by more than 300 Republican candidates in 1994, setting forth the Republicans' conservative legislative agenda

Clinton's vice president; presidential nominee in 2000

Governor of Texas and the son of the former president. He was elected president in 2000 and served until 2008

The part of the economy that provides consumers with services rather than goods

To dismiss numbers of permanent employees in an attempy to make operations more efficient and save money