Review #10 Modern America

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Across
  1. 2. War begun in 2001 to destroy Al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban
  2. 3. U.S. military headquarters hit during the 9/11 attacks
  3. 5. Group that ruled Afghanistan and allowed Al-Qaeda to hide there
  4. 6. Personal freedoms that some people feared were threatened after 9/11
  5. 10. Southern and western region that grew because of jobs warm weather and lower taxes
  6. 11. Terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks
  7. 13. Department created after 9/11 to protect the U.S. from threats
  8. 14. Law passed after 9/11 that expanded government power to investigate terrorism
  9. 16. 1970s energy problem that caused gas shortages high prices and long gas lines
  10. 19. Major economic crisis that began in 2007 after housing and banking problems
  11. 20. Airport security agency created after 9/11
  12. 22. Leader of Al-Qaeda and mastermind behind 9/11
  13. 24. Government monitoring of calls internet use and other information
  14. 25. U.S. campaign against terrorism after the 9/11 attacks
Down
  1. 1. Reagan’s economic plan based on tax cuts less regulation and business growth
  2. 4. Terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11 2001
  3. 7. Rising prices that made life more expensive
  4. 8. Growing connection of the world’s economies and movement of jobs overseas
  5. 9. Two New York City buildings destroyed in the 9/11 attacks
  6. 12. Terrorist group that grew from chaos in Iraq and Syria
  7. 15. Energy from other countries that the U.S. depended on heavily in the 1970s
  8. 17. Older factory region in the Northeast and Midwest that lost jobs and population
  9. 18. Iraqi dictator removed from power by the United States in 2003
  10. 21. 2003 U.S. war based on claims about weapons of mass destruction
  11. 23. Government agency connected to surveillance and intelligence gathering