Unit 12: The Modern Era

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Across
  1. 1. increasing the supply of goods translates to economic growth for a country
  2. 3. International coalition built by Pres. Bush to fight the al-Qaeda network of terrorists
  3. 6. aimed to rid Iraq of dictator Saddam Hussein and eliminate his ability to use weapons of mass destruction
  4. 10. federally recognized marriages are those between a man and a women only
  5. 12. Apple introduced the fist practical and affordable home computer, the Apple II
  6. 13. Basic principle of Pres. Reagan's economic policy that focused on supply-side economic
  7. 14. a combination of inflation and a stagnant economy with high unemployment
  8. 16. severe fuel shortages and inflated prices caused by the rising cost of crude oil
  9. 18. A war between the forces of the United Nations, led by the United States, and those of Iraq that followed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990
  10. 19. Negotiated peace agreement from 1978 between the Egyptian president and Israeli prime minister at Camp David
  11. 20. federal agency designed to protect the United States against threats
Down
  1. 2. revolution that replaced an Iranian shah (king) who was friendly to America with a Muslim religious leader unfriendly to America
  2. 4. Iranian revolutionaries took 52 American hostages from the US embassy in Tehran in opposition to Pres. Carter's action allowing the former Shah to enter the US for medical treatment
  3. 5. North American Free Trade Agreement; intended to promote trade between Canada, US, and Mexico by eliminating tariffs
  4. 7. nicknamed "Star Wars" to develop weapons that could intercept incoming missiles
  5. 8. increases health insurance coverage for the uninsured and implements reforms to the health insurance market
  6. 9. tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in late August 2005
  7. 11. Obama won the nomination and handily defeated McCain in the general election
  8. 15. Attack on United States by the Terrorist organization known as al-Qaeda
  9. 17. A secret operation in which the US government secretly sent weapons to a known enemy and sent financial aid to a rebel force