Across
- 6. South African who was in prison and eventually became the leader of the South Africa after Apartheid was abolished
- 7. Republican who put together the "Contract for America"
- 9. His presidency was marked by his raising of taxes and the First Persian Gulf War
- 12. Sandra Day__-1st female US Supreme Court Justice
- 13. African country where US helped send Supplies. Subject of the movie Black Hawk Down
- 14. Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan
- 15. His presidency was marked by the NAFTA treaty, White Water Scandal and Monica Lewinsky Scandal
- 18. final leader of Soviet Union who used Glastnost and Perestroika
- 19. the US imposed economic sanctions on this country as a result of its Apartheid government where the minority whites ruled the majority black
- 24. policy that cut taxes (supply side economics) and decreased govt regulation
- 27. little Middle Eastern Country that Iraq invaded to cause the Persian Gulf War
- 28. Sunni militant who along with Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks
- 29. the reason Clinton was impeached
- 30. current president of the US
- 31. one term president who proposed building a wall at the US Southern border
Down
- 1. scandal that caused Richard Nixon to resign
- 2. __Square-site of a Student protest where many were killed
- 3. a global militant Islamic organization founded by Osama Bin Laden and others
- 4. was never elected President or Vice President
- 5. was declared the winner after a very controversial election. This president's term was marked by Sept. 11 2001 terrorist attack and War on Terrorism
- 8. stopped the recount of the 2000 election results and declared George W Bush the winner
- 10. trade agreement between Canada, Mexico, and the United States
- 11. the Teflon President; former actor; took no responsibility for IranContra Scandal
- 13. Reagan proposed this ground based and space based means of protecting the Us. It was considered expensive and futuristic
- 16. leader of Iraq who was hanged for Crimes against Humanity
- 17. Under George W Bush this law was signed which enables the government to listen to certain emails and phone calls
- 20. This Nobel Peace Prize winning president who made drastic changes to US healthcare
- 21. ____action- measures enacted to help minorities; sometimes referred to as reverse discrimination
- 22. South African government where the minority whites ruled the majority blacks; first democratic multi racial elections were held in 1994
- 23. Arab-Israeli relations and the energy crisis were important during his 1 term presidency
- 25. Operation __ US along with 34 nations fought against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait
- 26. Read My Lips, __ __ __ Campaign promise George HW Bush was unable to keep