1950

5. - A form of civil disobedience that was popular in the civil rights movement.
9. - the president after FDR who was responsible for the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
11. was known as the first man to break the sound barrier when flying
13. - WWII general and 34th president of the United States
14. - beginning of the Red Scare and the federal government’s movement to weed out possible communists in the government
17. Warren - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and supporter of anti segregation laws.
18. - the massive expansion of families post WWII meant a massive increase in the need for housing. Massive housing developments were built to meet the need.
20. - supreme court decision that ended separate but equal segregation of schools.

1. known as the king of rock and roll.
2. The civil rights activist who said the i have a dream speech.
3. - a new style of music which drew inspiration from African American blues music, embraced themes popular among teenagers, such as young love and rebellion against authority.
4. Parks - civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus and got arrested for refuseing.
6. War - In general is a war that is not directly fought but only through what are known as proxy wars.
7. - An example of the proxy war happening during the Cold War with Russia. The two parts continued to fight about communism and capitalism and
8. - the primary federal agency responsible for aerospace research and the civilian space program.
10. - major fighter for civil rights and the first african american supreme court justice.
12. - father of rock and roll
15. was a series of 3 Russian launches beginning in 1957 that orbited or nearly orbited Earth.
16. became the first man to enter Earth’s orbit, in a single-pilot spacecraft called Vostok I.
19. - an informal dance in school gyms that had people dance in their socks to avoid damaging the gym floor