Across
- 3. The dictator of Iraq from 1979-2003; was sentenced to death by hanging and died in 2006.
- 4. Allows employees to take up to 12 weeks per year of unpaid leave in a company with 50+ employees. This was part of Clinton’s reshaping of welfare programs.
- 7. This act signed by Obama (& his wife, Michelle) mandated higher nutritional and health standards for school lunches.
- 10. Leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, assassinated by US Navy Seals May 2, 2011
- 12. Mexico, Canada and the United States eliminated most tariffs on trade between these nations to encourage economic activity between these countries.
Down
- 1. Created by Obama and aims at reforming the healthcare system
- 2. The date of the largest terrorist attack in U.S. history. Prompts the War on Terror and long conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- 5. Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply.
- 6. Assault by American-led multinational forces that quickly defeated Iraqi forces under Saddam Hussein in the First Gulf War, ending the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.
- 8. oil tanker that crashed in March 1989, considered largest U. S. oil spill, emptied 35,000 tons of oil into Prince William Sound
- 9. This aims to bring all students up to the proficient level on state tests by the 2013-2014 school year, and to hold states and schools more accountable for results. Written under the Bush administration.
- 11. A system of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948-1994 carried out by the white minority.