The 1980's!

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Across
  1. 1. 39th President, launched operation for "Dessert 1", failed rescue.
  2. 5. General ecretary of the Communist party in March, 1985.
  3. 8. 41st President
  4. 9. The first woman to fly into space
  5. 10. Religious leader who ran in the primary elections. Was the first to receive over 1,000 delegate votes while finishing second.
  6. 13. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear agreement eliminated 2 classes of weapons systems and allowed each nation to make on-site inspections of military installation in the other’s territory
  7. 17. A sexually transmitted virus that destroys the body’s immune system.
  8. 21. Law that would make automatic spending cuts should the federal budget not go down.
  9. 23. Reagan wanted to cut these.
  10. 24. The first woman on a major political party’s Presidential ticket.
  11. 25. Taken down in germany in 1989.Separated the capital into East and West
  12. 26. First supreme court judge.
  13. 27. came about because supply-side economics was not working.
  14. 28. Scandal during the Reagan administration, in which arms were traded in return for the release of American Hostages
  15. 29. A group of right wing rebels trying to overthrow the Sandinista government, that Reagan urged congress to support.
Down
  1. 1. Person who attempted to assassinate President Reagan to impress the actress Jodie Foster
  2. 2. Democratic Presidential nominee running with Geraldine Ferraro.
  3. 3. Secretary of the Interior; Under him, millions of acres of public land were sold to private developers.
  4. 4. The plan chose minority applicants over equally qualified white male applicants
  5. 6. Secretary of Education. First Hispanic American to be named to a cabinet post.
  6. 7. Economy plan that was to cut taxes, and promote a free-market economy.
  7. 11. Rebels who set up a socialist government in Somoza.
  8. 12. March 24,1989, oil tanker spill in Alaska. Devastating environmental impact.
  9. 14. Proposed idea of a National missile defense system, that was nicknamed “Star Wars”.
  10. 15. A maned, reusable spacecraft, deseigned to take off like a rocket, orbit the earth, and land like an airplane.
  11. 16. 40th President
  12. 18. Fundamentalist Protestants, who interpreted the bible literally.
  13. 19. 1986, space shuttle disaster
  14. 20. Vice Admiral involved in the the arms selling to Iran.
  15. 22. Reagan’s third nominee for the supreme court bench.