1950s

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Across
  1. 2. Political system Americans feared during the Cold War
  2. 4. Disease that caused widespread fear in the 1950s
  3. 6. Small device that helped make electronics portable
  4. 10. Singer who became a symbol of rock and roll
  5. 12. Pressure to fit in during the 1950s
  6. 16. Member of a group that rejected mainstream culture
  7. 17. boom, Rapid increase in births after World War II
  8. 18. capita income, Average amount of money earned per person
  9. 23. Law that funded education during the Cold War
  10. 24. Law that limited the power of labor unions
  11. 26. Transition from wartime to peacetime economy
  12. 28. Community built outside a city
Down
  1. 1. Famous mass-produced suburban development
  2. 2. Ability to buy now and pay later
  3. 3. President during the Great Depression and World War II
  4. 5. Nickname for President Dwight D. Eisenhower
  5. 7. and roll, New style of music popular with young people in the 1950s
  6. 8. your teachers name
  7. 9. Bill of Rights, Law that helped veterans with education and housing
  8. 11. A business that operates under a well-known name
  9. 13. Relationship that increased sharply after World War II
  10. 14. deal, Truman’s plan to continue New Deal–style reforms
  11. 15. President after Franklin D. Roosevelt
  12. 19. Government agency created to lead space exploration
  13. 20. Fee once used to prevent some people from voting
  14. 21. A large company made up of many smaller businesses
  15. 22. your substitutes name
  16. 25. Vice president known for the Checkers Speech
  17. 27. depression, Severe economic crisis of the 1930s