Which president was the 42nd and pursued economic and healthcare reform, later impeached in the Lewinsky scandal?

• A. Barack Obama
• B. Richard Nixon
• C. Bill Clinton
• D. George W. Bush

Answer: (C)

The statement is testing your ability to connect a president’s identity with the major events of his time. The 42nd president who pushed for economic reform and a health-care proposal, and who was later impeached in the Lewinsky scandal, is Bill Clinton. He served from 1993 to 2001 and worked on reducing the federal deficit through measures like the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, which helped spur economic growth. He also made a strong push for health care reform early in his presidency, though that proposal did not become law. The Lewinsky affair led to his impeachment by the House in 1998 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice; he was acquitted by the Senate and completed his term. Other presidents mentioned—Barack Obama (the 44th) focused on health care reform but in a different era, Nixon (the 37th) resigned amid Watergate, and George W. Bush (the 43rd) led the nation in the 2000s with different domestic priorities.