Handgun purchases and background checks on those who

handgun purchases and background checks on those who wish to
purchase handguns.
○ Brady Bill put a waiting period on people who wanted to buy a
gun and they had to have a background check done to buy a
handgun
○ This bill was a campaign promise made by Clinton
● Dont Ask, Dont Tell Policy made by Clinton
○ (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service
by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton
Administration on February 28, 1994, when Department of
Defense Directive 1304.26 issued on December 21, 1993, took
effect, lasting until September 20, 2011.
○ Many of the LGBTQ community said this was not enough it still
allowed discrimination
● Whitewater Scandal
○ Clinton's presidency was marred by numerous scandals, including
claims of marital affairs, sexual harassment and an illegal land
deal known as Whitewater
○ Clintons most damaging scandal dealt with a White House intern
named Monica Lewinsky
● Clinton lied about the affair and was impeached but he was not kicked out
of office
● In 90’s, war broke out in former Yugoslavia in a region or Europe known
as the Balkans
○ Clinton helped bring about peace in the war by hosting what was
known as Dayton Accords
● Rodney King Beatings
○ was an African-American taxi driver who became known
internationally as the victim of Los Angeles Police Department
brutality, after a videotape was released of several police officers
beating him during his arrest on March 3, 1991.
● OJ Simpson Murder Trial

Bush the second?
Iraq War?
● World Trade Center bombing
○ Terrorist placed car bomb in basement of WTC in NYC
● US Embassy Bombing
○ attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998, in which over 200 people
were killed in nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two
East African cities
● Columbine Shooting
● George Bush the Second
○ 9/11 occurred during his presidency
● Second Gulf War (Iraq War)
○ was a protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the
invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew
the government of Saddam Hussein
■ WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)