Unit 6 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. A Pakistani activist for female education. She was the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
  2. 5. American competitive swimmer who won 28 Olympic medals across five Olympic games.
  3. 6. Mass slaughter of the Tutsi population in 1994. It happened during the civil war in African country.
  4. 7. 40th President of the US who served two terms in office and originally known as an actor and gave famous speech about the Berlin Wall.
  5. 11. Served as first lady and later as the US Secretary of State. She was the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major political party.
  6. 12. Iconic symbol of the Cold War which was eventually destroyed. It's job was to separate families and force comparison of socialism and capitalism.
  7. 15. Top male tennis star who lost to Billie Jean King in the Battle of the Sexes.
  8. 16. 43rd President of the United States who was a former govenor of Texas. He was president during the terrorist attacks on Septemeber 11, 2001.
  9. 17. Book series of fantasy novels that follow the life of a young wizard and his friends. The books were published between 1997-2007 by author J.K. Rowling
  10. 20. political scandal that included a break-in at the DNC and the cover-ups that followed
  11. 21. The deadliest terrorist attacks on US soild that were the result of airline hijackings.
  12. 22. First lady of the US between 1989 - 1993. Her main goal was to advance universal literacy and she founded a Family Literarcy program in her name.
Down
  1. 1. 42nd President of the US who was a Democrat and served two terms. He took office at the end of the Cold War and signed the Family Medical Leave Act.
  2. 2. A virus that was first identified in China and spread quickly around the world and led to a Global Pandemic.
  3. 3. Famous basketball player who won 6 NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. #23
  4. 4. Vice President to Richard Nixon and became President when Nixon resigned
  5. 8. Substance that causes morphine like effects but are highly addictive. Have become known as a crisis.
  6. 9. Space Shuttle that broke apart within seconds and killed all 7 crew members
  7. 10. A law that allowed National Security Agencies to gain the ability to collect massive amounts of data about every individual in the US.
  8. 13. 17 year old African American boy from Florida who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman.
  9. 14. Famous basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers who won five championships. Died tragically in 2020 in a helicopter crash.
  10. 15. Iconic female tennis star which pushed for better pay for women.
  11. 18. 37th President of the US and the only president to ever officially resign
  12. 19. First African American President in the US.