1950s & 1960s

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Across
  1. 3. The Taft-Hartley Act significantly weakened the power of these organizations
  2. 5. Dr. King was murdered while supporting a strike in this city
  3. 6. government-subsidized Pre-K
  4. 7. government-subsidized health care for people below the poverty line, especially kids
  5. 8. Both FDR and LBJ were members of this political party
  6. 9. A set of programs similar to the New Deal, that would help reduce inequality in the US
  7. 10. this gave returning soldiers college tuition, small business loans, and even home mortgages, ensuring access to a middle-class life
  8. 12. the increased birth rates after WW2 were known as this
Down
  1. 1. This resulted in thousands of gay and lesbian people being fired from government jobs
  2. 2. This person pressured Roosevelt into ending racial discrimination in federal jobs (last name only)
  3. 4. This ended the Great Depression
  4. 11. Acronym for the president who advocated the Great Society
  5. 13. This person advocated for a guaranteed income for all people before his death in 1968