1950s to 1980s

123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 6. the one who made the policy of containment popular
  2. 8. won the 1968 and 1972 election. Resigned after the Watergate scandal. Vietnamization the Vietnam war.
  3. 9. to help Greece and Turkey and keep them away from the temptations of communism
  4. 11. name of SALT. the US and the USSR on limiting nuclear weapons
  5. 15. a senator who was made famous by seeking out communist in the US
Down
  1. 1. won the election of 1960 and beat Nixon. He was the youngest president elected and first Roman Catholic president
  2. 2. started in Greensboro, NC when students sat in public places to protest segregation
  3. 3. relaxed tensions between the US and the USSR during Nixon’s presidency
  4. 4. president after Truman and signed the National Defense Education Act and started NASA
  5. 5. leader of the SCLC, follower the Thoreau’s writings, and wanted peaceful integration of people
  6. 7. when the North Koreans attached the South Koreans. The United Nations stepped in with mostly US supplies and troops.
  7. 10. author of The Feminine Mystique
  8. 12. JFK’s plan to help the economies and the relationships between the US and Latin America
  9. 13. prosperity, baby boom, and the growth of suburbs all were what
  10. 14. the term used to describe Joseph McCarthy methods and his “witch hunt”