Presidents of the Spring Semester

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Across
  1. 3. Navigated the Cuban Missile Crisis, preventing potential nuclear war
  2. 4. his term saw the 1929 stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression
  3. 6. Opened diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in 1972
  4. 11. Dealt with the severe economic depression known as the Panic of 1893
  5. 13. Brokered the Camp David Accords peace agreement between Egypt and Israel
  6. 14. Progressive President credited with creating National Parks and ran as a Bullmoose candidate of 1912
  7. 16. favored devolution and oversaw the collapse of the USSR
  8. 17. His administration was scarred by the infamous Teapot Dome oil leasing scandal
Down
  1. 1. Signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and launched the "Great Society" programs
  2. 2. Established the Federal Reserve System and guided America through World War I
  3. 5. Presided over the "Roaring Twenties" period of economic prosperity and cultural change
  4. 7. Launched the Interstate Highway System, revolutionizing American transportation
  5. 8. Initiated 80 antitrust suits and broke up the Standard Oil monopoly
  6. 9. Created the New Deal programs to combat the Great Depression
  7. 10. Authorized the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending World War II
  8. 12. Pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes committed during Watergate
  9. 15. Led the nation during the Spanish-American War of 1898