1990s-2000s Presidents

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Across
  1. 3. The dictator of Iraq from 1979-2003; was sentenced to death by hanging and died in 2006.
  2. 4. Allows employees to take up to 12 weeks per year of unpaid leave in a company with 50+ employees. This was part of Clinton’s reshaping of welfare programs.
  3. 7. This act signed by Obama (& his wife, Michelle) mandated higher nutritional and health standards for school lunches.
  4. 10. Leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, assassinated by US Navy Seals May 2, 2011
  5. 12. Mexico, Canada and the United States eliminated most tariffs on trade between these nations to encourage economic activity between these countries.
Down
  1. 1. Created by Obama and aims at reforming the healthcare system
  2. 2. The date of the largest terrorist attack in U.S. history. Prompts the War on Terror and long conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  3. 5. Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply.
  4. 6. Assault by American-led multinational forces that quickly defeated Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein in the First Gulf War, ending the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.
  5. 8. oil tanker that crashed in March 1989, considered largest U. S. oil spill, emptied 35,000 tons of oil into Prince William Sound
  6. 9. This aims to bring all students up to the proficient level on state tests by the 2013-2014 school year, and to hold states and schools more accountable for results. Written under the Bush administration.
  7. 11. A system of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948-1994 carried out by the white minority.