USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

BILL CLINTON

[SOURCES]
President Clinton became the 1st Democratic president to secure a 2nd term since FDR. (True/False)

(A) ** True

(B) False

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Clinton’s second term saw the first federal budget surpluses since the 1960s, but was partially overshadowed by his impeachment in 1998. His impeachment arose after he denied having an affair with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky under oath and telling Lewinsky to do the same.

Concept note-2: -Clinton easily won the runoff, receiving 69% of the popular vote. In the general election, he challenged the incumbent Republican representative John Paul Hammerschmidt.

Concept note-3: -Clinton was elected president in the 1992 presidential election, defeating incumbent Republican president George H. W. Bush and independent businessman Ross Perot.