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Unit 17

The document provides brief summaries of several key people and events from the late 20th century, including the Clinton impeachment trial in 1999, the contested 2000 US presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, and biographical details on political figures like Newt Gingrich, Louis Farrakhan, and Sandra Day O'Connor. Key political movements, international conflicts, scientific advancements, and more from the 1980s through early 2000s are also summarized.

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Unit 17

The document provides brief summaries of several key people and events from the late 20th century, including the Clinton impeachment trial in 1999, the contested 2000 US presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, and biographical details on political figures like Newt Gingrich, Louis Farrakhan, and Sandra Day O'Connor. Key political movements, international conflicts, scientific advancements, and more from the 1980s through early 2000s are also summarized.

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Clinton Impeachment trial, 1999

Election of 2000
• Candidates: Al Gore and Joe
Lieberman (Democrat), George W.
Bush and Dick Cheney (Republican),
Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke
(Green Party)

• The Winner: George W. Bush

• Popular Vote: 50,996,582 (Gore) to


50,465,062 (Bush)

• Electoral College: 271 (Bush) to 266


(Gore)

• The 2000 election was the fourth


election in U.S. history in which the
winner of the electoral votes did not
carry the popular vote. It was the first
such election since 1888, when
Benjamin Harris became president
after winning more electoral votes
but losing the popular vote to Grover
Cleveland.
Newt Gingrich

• June 17, 1943) is an


American politician who
served as the 58th
Speaker of the United
States House of
Representatives from
1995 to 1999.

• Republican
Louis Farrakhan
Sandra Day O’Connor
Geraldine Ferraro
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Janet Reno
Madeleine Albright
Al Gore
Supply-side economics
Moral Majority
Contras
Sandinistas
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
AIDS
Operation Desert Storm
Internet
Human Genome Project
Dolly
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Ross Perot
Mikhail Gorbachev
Manuel Noriega
Saddam Hussein

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