1980-Present History

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Across
  1. 3. conservatives like to spend money on this
  2. 4. made US, Canada, Mexico a free trade zone
  3. 7. it all came down to this state in the 2000 election
  4. 8. nickname for Strategic Defense Initiative
  5. 9. most costly storm in US History
  6. 11. Democrats; want social welfare
  7. 12. economic crisis of 2008-09 was caused by “_______ bubble”
  8. 14. POTUS during the Persian Gulf War
  9. 16. country where Bin Laden was killed by SEALs
  10. 21. said “tear down this wall!”
  11. 22. dictator of Iraq; invaded Kuwait
  12. 26. law that gave government more power to monitor suspected terrorists
  13. 27. reason for invading Iraq in 2003
  14. 30. city where FBI sieged a compound of religious radicals
  15. 31. cut taxes for wealthy to stimulate economy
  16. 33. Reagan illegally sent money to this group in Nicaragua
  17. 34. Independent candidate in 1992
  18. 35. “openness” in Soviet Union (Russian word)
Down
  1. 1. first Baby Boomer POTUS, 1993-2001
  2. 2. Bush signed law protecting Americans with _________
  3. 5. “reform” of Soviet Union (Russian word)
  4. 6. thing that links computers together
  5. 10. Republicans; want to cut taxes
  6. 13. nickname of economic downturn in 2008-09
  7. 15. last leader of the USSR
  8. 17. Supreme Court case that led to Bush winning the 2000 election
  9. 18. buying and selling online
  10. 19. city of deadliest domestic terrorist attack
  11. 20. third building hit in the 9/11 attacks
  12. 23. ship bombed by Al Qaeda in 2000
  13. 24. Reagan fought a war on ______.
  14. 25. country invaded in “Operation Enduring Freedom”
  15. 28. space shuttle that exploded in 1986
  16. 29. first woman on SCOTUS
  17. 32. disease that was an epidemic in 1980s