Автор:Jesse Russel Год: 2012 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 140 ISBN: 9785513320500 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The history of the United States from 1991 to present began after the fall of the Soviet Union which signaled the end of the Cold War and led into the United States' heightened military involvement in the Middle East. The U.S. expelled an Iraqi invasion force from Kuwait, a Middle Eastern ally of the U.S., in the 1991 Gulf War. Trailing the early 1990s recession, the Democrats returned to the White House with the election of Bill Clinton in 1992. In the 1994 midterm election the Republicans gained control of Congress for the first time in 40 years. Strife between Clinton and the Republicans in Congress initially resulted in a federal government shutdown following a budget crisis, but later they worked together to pass welfare reform, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and a balanced budget. Charges from the Lewinsky scandal led to the 1998 impeachment of Clinton by the House of Representatives but he was later acquitted by the Senate....
