Milestones

1992

Democrat Bill Clinton is elected president

2002

President Bush prepares for war as he accuses

1993

Ruth Bader Ginsberg becomes second woman

Saddam Hussein of Iraq of developing weapons

Justice of the Supreme Court

Of mass destruction

1994

Republicans win control of both houses of

2003

United States and United Kingdom attack and

Congress

Defeat Iraq and capture Saddam Hussein

Congress defeats Clinton’s health care reform plan

2004

Republican George W. Bush is reelected president

1996

Democrat Bill Clinton is reelected president;

2005

Hurricane Katrina devastates New Orleans and

Republicans retain control of Congress

Gulf Coast region

Measure revamping federal welfare system is

2007

Democrat Nancy Pelosi becomes first woman

Passed by Congress and signed by

Speaker of the House

President Clinton

2008

Deranged student kills thirty-three at

1998

The House of Representatives impeaches Clinton

Virginia Tech

1999

Clinton acquitted by Senate, Clinton remains

Democrat Barack Obama is first African American

In office

To be elected president

NATO troops, including Americans, are sent to

Collapse of U. S. mortgage markets triggers global

Kosovo to stop Serbian “ethnic cleansing”

Financial crisis

Gun violence in schools escalates; twelve die at

2009

Obama implements troop surge in Afghanistan

Columbine High School in Colorado

2010

Congress approves health care bill

2000

Republican George W. Bush is elected president

BP-owned rig explodes, killing eleven and spewing

When Supreme Court halts Florida recounts

Oil into the Gulf of Mexico

2001

Terrorists hijack airliners and fly them into the

Arizona passes law to crack down on illegal

Twin towers of the World Trade Center in New

Immigrants; national debate ensues

York and the Pentagon, killing 3,000

Republicans take control of House of

United States drives Taliban from power

Representatives

In Afghanistan