The 1980s

1. The Reagan administration illegally sold weapons to ________ in exchange for American hostages in Lebanon
3. As part of Reaganomics, Reagan initiated tax ____ for the wealthy and rich
5. Overall, Reaganomics was a _________________
6. The Reagan administration largely ignored the ______ Crisis and hundreds of thousands of people died
9. The Reagan administration sent money from the Iran weapons sale to the _______ in Nicaragua
12. During Reagan's presidency, the _____ Wall finally fell
14. _____ cocaine was more widely used in the Black community and more harshly punished by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act
15. During the AIDS crisis, people in the _____ community were unfairly blamed and treated horrifically
16. During the 1980s, women experienced more economic freedom thanks to participation in the job market

1. During Reagan's presidency, wealth _____________ grew
2. The nickname for young, wealthy urban professionals during the 1980s
4. Reagan believed in ______-down economics, where wealth would eventually trickle down to the general public
7. The most widely criticized part of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act was the 100-to-1 _________ clause, which revealed a dramatic change in prison sentence based on the form of cocaine
8. Just Say _____ was Nancy Reagan's key public education campaign during the War on Drugs
9. Reagan managed to retain popularity even after the Iran-____ Affair
10. Reagan's approach to the Cold War was _____ Through Strength, a tougher approach to communism
11. Even though he promised to reduce government spending, federal spending _____ during Reagan's presidency
13. AIDS develops from HIV, a virus passed through ________