American history

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Across
  1. 7. Historic event in 1969.
  2. 8. Country where the U.S. started a war in 2001.
  3. 12. Military conflict that started in 2003.
  4. 13. Date of a major terrorist attack in 2001.
  5. 15. Tense period with the USSR lasting for much of the second half of the 20th century.
  6. 17. 1964 legislation prohibiting discrimination.
  7. 18. President associated with the Watergate scandal.
  8. 19. President during much of the 1980s known for his conservative policies.
Down
  1. 1. Tech industry hub in California.
  2. 2. Crisis 1962 standoff between the U.S. and the USSR.
  3. 3. First African-American president, elected in 2008.
  4. 4. U.S. president assassinated in 1963.
  5. 5. Military operation in 1991.
  6. 6. A war in which the U.S. was involved from the 1950s to 1975.
  7. 9. Became widely accessible to Americans in the 1990s.
  8. 10. Counter-culture movement prominent in the 1960s.
  9. 11. Economic downturn that began in 2007.
  10. 14. Abbreviation for a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
  11. 16. Scandal that led to a president's resignation in the 1970s.