Major Events

Chapter 41 · 1992–2000

Bill Clinton elected president

1992

NAFTA takes effect

1993

"Black Hawk Down" firefight in Somalia

1993

Republican Revolution and the Contract with America

1994

Rwandan genocide

1994

U.S.-NATO intervention in Bosnia

1995

Welfare reform signed into law

1996

Clinton reelected president

1996

House impeaches Clinton

1998

Senate acquits Clinton

1999

NATO intervenes in Kosovo

1999

Bush v. Gore decides the presidential election

2000