Across
- 2. the amount of something you have
- 3. This organization of Oil Producing Countries gave middle eastern nations oil-based power
- 8. Attention to this Asian war brought down LBJ's Domestic goals.
- 10. This Nixon-created department oversees workplace safety
- 13. This never-elected president pardoned Nixon
- 14. this president claimed to not be a crook, but still resigned in disgrace
- 15. Students in this Middle Eastern nation took 52 Americans hostage in 1979
- 19. this scandal brought down the Nixon Administration
- 20. this Great Society program offers health insurance to the elderly
- 21. These government policies focus on controlling money supply & interest rates to influence the economy
- 22. This policy between the US/Soviet Union represented an easing of tensions.
- 23. The Great society sought an end to this skin-deep inequality
- 26. Revenue Sharing saw the Federal Government shift from direct payments to indivuduals to giving the money to THESE to distribute
- 27. Also called "supply side" economics, this Conservative theory imagines $ will flow down from the top
- 29. ths is what the P in OPEC stands for
- 30. this is how government programs are paid for
- 31. George HW Bush passed the Americans with ___________ Act, to ensure equality for physically handicapped people
- 32. Jimmy Carter was going to use the IRS to stop this discriminating practice, outlawed in Brown v Board of Education
- 33. This Great Society Program offers healthcare to struggling Americans of any age
- 34. This "nice guy" president dealt with high oil prices, and standoffs in the Middle East
- 35. Bill Clinton was the only modern president to do this with the Federal Budget
Down
- 1. These risky mortgages to borrowers with low credit contributed to the 2008 Crisis
- 4. The Great Society was a war on this
- 5. this is money the Government earns
- 6. The Federal Reserve might raise these to discourage spending and bring down inflation
- 7. this president sought to build the Great Society
- 9. This political ideology does NOT support government interventiomn in the Economy
- 11. This political ideology supports government intervention in the economy
- 12. This is caused by pumping too much money into the Economy, cheapening the value of the dollar, and leading to high prices
- 16. The nickname for economic policies of the 80s, involving cutting taxes and regulations
- 17. This product gave middle eastern nations leverage over the United States
- 18. how much people want a product
- 24. US Support for this Jewish nation has been a matter of contention with Arab nations
- 25. These policies by the Government use taxes & spending to influence the Economy
- 28. This Christian Group turned on Jimmy Carter and have been staunch Conservatives ever since.