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Chapter 26 : Toward a New Century |
After 12 years of Republican rule, voters elected Democrat Bill Clinton president in 1992 and again in 1996. American society faced pressing problems at home and abroad. Environmentalists struggled with opponents who favored greater use of natural resources. Public health issues, such as the AIDS epidemic and drug abuse, continued to take their toll. Migration patterns to the United States changed. Immigration from Europe decreased, and immigration from Latin America and Asia increased.
The American people and government and business leaders pondered ways to deal with the federal debt and other economic and social problems that troubled the nation. The end of the cold war changed the United States's role in international affairs. Nations and international organizations searched for ways to work cooperatively.
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