American Experience Final 2025

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  1. 2. He was an oil tycoon- and was one of the richest men in US history!
  2. 5. The ______ plains was the first reservation.
  3. 6. Booker T. _______ was a civil rights leader that advocated for vocational skills.
  4. 11. The military alliance that was created post WWII.
  5. 14. A neighborhood that experienced growth and creativity during the 1920s.
  6. 17. Grant _____ was responsible for 'American Gothic' an iconic piece of American art.
  7. 18. While others were denied entry to the US during WWII, people like ________ were allowed.
  8. 19. He shot Oswald!
  9. 21. The country the US fought against in WWI and WWII.
  10. 22. He was an artists responsible for the Migration series.
  11. 24. The actions of this country brought the US into WWII.
  12. 25. This Roosevelt was a Rough Rider, police commissioner, VP, P and all kinds of other things!
  13. 26. One of LBJ's Great Society programs!
  14. 27. He helped to innovate America- with 1098 patents in his lifetime!
  15. 28. She organized Planned Parenthood- after being arrested 9 times!
  16. 29. The _______-American war was over Cuba!
  17. 34. A mode of transportation that was very important in the late 1800s.
  18. 35. WWI was known for this type of warfare- truly horrible!
  19. 36. A sensationalized style of journalism- light on facts, high on interest!
  20. 38. A Civil Rights leader who led the NOI.
  21. 39. Another amazing inventor- that didn't get credit for much in his lifetime.
  22. 40. War that lasted from 1939-1945.
  23. 43. A President during the Depression- that had a hands ON approach.
  24. 44. A 1930s folk musician that inspired Bob Dylan and many others!
  25. 45. His assassination has left many with questions!
  26. 47. Our relationship with native people's was especially challenging when it came to this resource.
  27. 48. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the ______.
  28. 50. Perhaps the closest we've ever come to nuclear war was the _____ missile crisis.
  29. 53. This Roosevelt was the first representative to the United Nations!
  30. 55. The Bay of _____ was an early CIA attempt to assassinate Castro.
  31. 57. The Great _________ was the movement of the black population out of the south.
  32. 58. A more powerful country controlling a weaker country for it' resources or location.
  33. 60. These grew to protect workers rights.
  34. 61. Location of Kennedy's assassination.
  35. 64. Andrew _________ was a powerful industrialist- who gave away a lot of money for libraries!
Down
  1. 1. A brilliant jazz musician- known for scat and playing coronet.
  2. 3. He was President during the 50s- and talked about the Domino theory.
  3. 4. A President during the depression- who had a hands off approach.
  4. 6. Settling the _____ was an adventure for many!
  5. 7. This act provided free acres to anyone who settled the west.
  6. 8. An organization used to organize people in their fights against railroads.
  7. 9. Kennedy's promise to the American people was the New _______.
  8. 10. This Kennedy was also assassinated- right after becoming the Democratic nominee to run for President in 1968.
  9. 12. Soviet leader during Cuban Missile Crisis.
  10. 13. He was a newspaper publisher who may have sparked a war! To sell papers!
  11. 15. FDR held _______ chats.
  12. 16. LBJ's promises to the people!
  13. 20. War that lasted from 1914-1918!
  14. 23. The British Prime Minister during WWII.
  15. 30. The time period in which alcohol was largely illegal.
  16. 31. He was assassinated by James Earl Ray and became a martyr for the Civil Rights cause.
  17. 32. He made the decision to drop the atomic bomb.
  18. 33. Nixon and Kennedy participated in the first ________ debates- it changed politics!
  19. 37. She was a brilliant artist of the 1920s- she focused on desert landscapes, skulls and flowers. :)
  20. 41. _____ Castro was the leader of Cuba in the 50s and 60s.
  21. 42. Another journalist and publisher- a prize is named after him.
  22. 46. W.E.B. ______ was an early civil right's activist.
  23. 49. The policy the US came up with was to ______ communism. Truman was President!
  24. 51. FDR's programs to the American public.
  25. 52. Both Kennedy and Roosevelt practiced this type of spending.
  26. 54. Women faced a _______ standard in the 20s.
  27. 56. John T. _____ challenged the notion of teaching the theory of evolution in high schools.
  28. 57. He was a banker- who collected art- and bailed out the US government.
  29. 59. Long time leader of the Soviet Union- from 1924-1953.
  30. 62. F.Scott Fitzgerald termed the 1920s the _____ Age.
  31. 63. He was responsible for creating the Soviet Union.