Vocabulary for Administrations & Events of the 1970s-1990s
Across
- 5. 1979 crisis in which the Iranian U.S. Embassy was overrun by protesters in response to Carter allowing the unpopular Iranian leader Pahlavi into the United States for medical treatment
- 8. set of laws passed by Congress that placed restraints & safeguards on the banking industry in the 1970s
- 11. to resume relationships between countries that have previously been isolated from one another
- 13. penalties applied by states/countries against other states/groups/individuals
- 14. reduction/elimination of government power in a particular industry
Down
- 1. government order to temporarily stop trading certain goods with certain countries
- 2. form of government that supports a classless system with the means of production being owned communally and private property is nonexistent or severely reduced
- 3. philosophical perspective advocating for changes to the status quo to ensure individual rights and freedoms for all
- 4. negotiating between hostile countries to reduce tensions
- 6. philosophical perspective advocating for tradition and limited change
- 7. organization made up of 14 member countries whose goal is to stabilize the oil market by balancing supply & demand
- 9. a day chosed by Senator Gaylor Nelson to draw attention to the issues of air & water pollution, as well as other impacts of industrial development
- 10. scandal concerning the burglary of the DNC's headquarters
- 12. political scandal surrounding the illegal sale of weapons to Iran & using money from sales to illegally support a rebel group in Nicaragua