80s Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. Epidemic that exposed health inequities
  2. 7. USSR’s “Vietnam” in the 1980s
  3. 10. Skyrocketing U.S. prison population
  4. 12. 1986 space tragedy watched live
  5. 13. Secret arms-for-hostages scandal
  6. 14. Reagan’s “Star Wars” missile plan
  7. 15. Post-Cold War attempt to rebuild trust
  8. 16. 1980s fear of occult in pop culture
  9. 17. Clash of beliefs over morality and identity
  10. 18. 1980s political shift to traditional values
Down
  1. 1. – Cold War tension tactic, opposite of détente
  2. 2. Policy debate intensified after mass shootings
  3. 3. Wall Its 1989 fall symbolized the Cold War’s end
  4. 4. PMRC targeted lyrics in this crackdown
  5. 6. Soviet economic reform under Gorbachev
  6. 8. Soviet push for openness and transparency
  7. 9. Reagan-era campaign against narcotics
  8. 11. "Trickle-down" economic strategy