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Across
  1. 2. killing of a large group of people,
  2. 5. is a business cycle contraction when there is a general decline in economic activity
  3. 7. vigorously active, combative and aggressive, especially in support
  4. 9. is an informal, derogatory term for a region of the United States that experienced industrial decline starting around 1980.
  5. 10. is the tendency not to side in a conflict, which may not suggest neutral parties do not have a side or are not a side themselves.
  6. 12. the action of a country or its government preparing and organizing troops for active service.
  7. 13. is the process of ending the separation of two groups, usually referring to races.
  8. 16. a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.
  9. 17. was a policy of the Richard Nixon administration to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  10. 19. is a body of electors established by the United States Constitution
  11. 21. is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand.
  12. 22. is the easing of strained relations
  13. 23. is the organized delivery of supplies or personnel primarily via military transport aircraft.
  14. 24. isolation in which people or animals that have arrived from elsewhere
  15. 25. the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes.
Down
  1. 1. a rapid increase
  2. 3. "the ideology of republicanism"
  3. 4. the matériel and services supplied by the U.S. to its allies during World War II under an act of Congress
  4. 6. is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social or political issues.
  5. 8. is a subculture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, often in opposition to mainstream cultural mores
  6. 11. a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
  7. 14. is a provision made in accordance with a legal framework of a society.
  8. 15. is a political and social philosophy promoting traditional social institutions in the context of culture and civilization.
  9. 18. refers to the economic policies promoted by U.S. President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s.
  10. 20. is a treaty entered into by the United States, Canada, and Mexico