History

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Across
  1. 3. -Site of the first atomic bomb drop in WWII.
  2. 5. -First artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
  3. 9. -Policy of extending military and economic aid to countries resisting communism, announced by President Truman in 1947.
  4. 10. -War that saw major US involvement from the 1960s until 1973.
  5. 12. -Movement for civil rights led by Martin Luther King Jr.
  6. 14. -1950s conflict between North and South, where the US supported the South.
Down
  1. 1. -US senator who led a campaign against alleged communists in the government.
  2. 2. -Supreme Court case that declared "separate but equal" unconstitutional.
  3. 4. -1963 speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
  4. 6. -Organization founded in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation between countries.
  5. 7. -Law that ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination.
  6. 8. -1962 standoff between the US and Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba.
  7. 11. -US President assassinated in 1963.
  8. 13. -1969 event where Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.