USH Nixon to Clinton
Across
- 6. Legislation designed to protect the environment
- 7. The fall of this marked the end of the Cold War
- 10. Major communist country that influenced the Cold War
- 13. Only president to have never been actually elected to the White House in a national presidential election.
- 15. The military alliance made up of communist controlled countries of eastern Europe
- 17. The military alliance made up of free-democratic countries against the Warsaw Pact.
- 18. This alliance between oil producing countries imposed an embargo against the U.S. in 1973.
- 21. Iraqi leader during the First Persian Gulf War of 1990
- 23. Soviet Prime Minister during the Nixon Administration
- 24. President who pardoned Richard Nixon
- 25. U.S. Embassy staff held hostage after the overthrow of the Shah of Iran came to be known as the ______________?
- 28. President during the Watergate Scandal
- 32. Former first Lady who ran for President in the 2008 presidential election
Down
- 1. Carter negotiated these peace talks between Egypt and Israel
- 2. States located in the Northeast and Midwest known for their coal and iron resources
- 3. Presidential candidate who promised to clean up Washington
- 4. The economic policy of the 1980's which included the reduce taxes, reduce government regulation, reduce inflation and reduce government spending.
- 5. The common name for President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative
- 8. The 1975 treaty that recognized post-WWII borders and promised respect for Human Rights.
- 9. The Reagan Doctrine worked to roll back ____________.
- 11. Major democratic country that influenced the Cold War
- 12. President Clinton signed this trade agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States into law.
- 14. Defined as a relaxing of political tensions
- 16. Central American country led by Manuel Noriega that was invaded by the U.S. in 1989
- 19. Communist Asian country visited by Nixon in 1972
- 20. Soviet Prime Minister who worked with President Reagan to end the Cold War
- 22. Defined as high unemployment and high inflation.
- 26. States located in the South and West known for their extreme warm temperatures.
- 27. The Great Communicator
- 29. Second family to have father and son elected president of the United States.
- 30. A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
- 31. Last name of students who protested the Vietnam War by wearing a black armband