Period 9

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Across
  1. 4. Nuclear accident near the city of Pripyat, Russia, in which the No. 4 reactor melted and exploded, which later caused the threat of nuclear contamination of almost 50% of Europe, worst nuclear disaster in history
  2. 5. The Three Mile Island accident was a partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island, Unit 2 reactor in Pennsylvania, United States, also known as America’s Chernobyl
  3. 7. protested government policies and injustices suffered by Native Americans and fought for the rights of Indigenous people
  4. 13. prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax
  5. 15. a college-level course and examination offered by College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program
  6. 20. neoliberal economic policies promoted by a U.S. President during the 1980s
  7. 21. civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability effective: July 26, 1990
  8. 24. a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957
  9. 25. election
Down
  1. 1. a temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following World War II
  2. 2. major political scandal in the United States involving the administration which directly involved the president from 1972-1974
  3. 3. landmark Supreme Court case that resulted in a unanimous decision which ordered a U.S. President ordering him to deliver tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials to a federal district court
  4. 6. organization signed into law by Nixon in 1970 designed to regulate pollution, emissions and other factors that negatively influence the natural environment
  5. 8. political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama, most popularly known display by Rosa Parks
  6. 9. environmental science book by Rachel Carson. Published on September 27, 1962, the book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides
  7. 10. The first woman to be in the Supreme Court. Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981
  8. 11. book by Betty Friedan, widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism in the United States, also featured in a 90s romcom
  9. 12. progressive movement, architects and city planner, aimed to promote order, harmony and virtue while beautifying the nation's new urban spaces
  10. 14. famous speech given during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963
  11. 16. Society series of policy initiatives, legislation and programs spearheaded by President Lyndon B. Johnson with the main goals of ending poverty, reducing crime, abolishing inequality and improving the environment
  12. 17. was a music festival held August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, widely accredited pop culture staple
  13. 18. Peace Accords of January 27, 1973 intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War
  14. 19. a political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality against the African American community.
  15. 22. a media stereotype prevalent throughout the late 1940s, 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the late 1940s and early to mid 1950s
  16. 23. amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978