America 1990-1999: Government and Politics Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1990-1999.

America 1990-1999: Government and Politics Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 40 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1990-1999.
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Campaign Rumors.

Jones v. Clinton.

Lewinsky.

Whitewater.

Flowers, Jones, and Lewinsky were not enough by themselves to lead to impeachment. Other scandals, involving money and power, also stained the reputation of the Clinton administration. Four months into his first term, Clinton was accused of illegally firing employees of the White House travel office in order to give work to an Arkansas firm. A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) inquiry ensued in what became known as Travelgate. This scandal was overshadowed when a more far-reaching controversy, known as Whitewater, surfaced. Whitewater was a land-development project in 1978 in which Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton had invested with partners James B. and Susan McDougal. At the time of the investment Clinton was attorney general of Arkansas, and James McDougal was a fast-talking financier who bought the Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan in 1981 to help underwrite his deals...

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