USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

BILL CLINTON

[SOURCES]
Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign was focused around ____

(A) the nation’s foreign affairs

(B) the nation’s unemployment rate

(C) civil rights

(D) ** the nation’s economy

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Bill Clinton also focused on the economy in 1992 due to the recession and ran on school choice, balanced budget amendment, opposition to illegal immigration and support for NAFTA.

Concept note-2: -An expanded earned income tax credit. In 1993, as part of his larger budget package, Clinton and Congress expanded the EITC to give a larger benefit to working families and allow childless workers to benefit as well.

Concept note-3: -In politics, triangulation is a strategy associated with U.S. president Bill Clinton in the 1990s. The politician presents a position as being above or between the left and right sides (or “wings") of a democratic political spectrum. It involves adopting for oneself some of the ideas of one’s political opponent.