Across
- 5. Epidemic that exposed health inequities
- 7. USSR’s “Vietnam” in the 1980s
- 10. Skyrocketing U.S. prison population
- 12. 1986 space tragedy watched live
- 13. Secret arms-for-hostages scandal
- 14. Reagan’s “Star Wars” missile plan
- 15. Post-Cold War attempt to rebuild trust
- 16. 1980s fear of occult in pop culture
- 17. Clash of beliefs over morality and identity
- 18. 1980s political shift to traditional values
Down
- 1. – Cold War tension tactic, opposite of détente
- 2. Policy debate intensified after mass shootings
- 3. Wall Its 1989 fall symbolized the Cold War’s end
- 4. PMRC targeted lyrics in this crackdown
- 6. Soviet economic reform under Gorbachev
- 8. Soviet push for openness and transparency
- 9. Reagan-era campaign against narcotics
- 11. "Trickle-down" economic strategy