Chapter 14

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Across
  1. 6. the conflict between the communist, North Vietnam and South Vietnam, in which the United States became involved.
  2. 8. the national aeronautics and space administration that was started by Dwight D Eisenhower.
  3. 10. the term used for the border that separated communist countries from free countries in eastern Europe during the Cold War.
  4. 11. NASA’s first satellite.
  5. 16. 35th US president, youngest to be elected, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.came up with the Peace Corps, and sent troops to Vietnam.
  6. 17. the first black American four-star general in the history of the US Air Force.
  7. 18. the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth.
  8. 19. the act which provide provided medical care through health insurance for senior citizens.
  9. 21. the man-made channel connecting the St. Lawrence river and the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
  10. 22. the 36 US president. Became president after Kennedy death. Great society was his plan.
  11. 24. the wall built by the Soviet Union, that separated the communist and the free parts of Berlin, Germany.
  12. 26. the organization would sends out young volunteers to help improve living condition. Conditions of poor people in nations are around the world.
  13. 27. the system of divided highways are connected all parts of America. Put in a place by Eisenhower.
  14. 28. the constitutional amendment stating that if the president dies while in office, the vice president becomes president.
  15. 30. the false belief that God does not exist.
Down
  1. 1. The group of countries that agreed to defend each other against a communist invasion, also known as NATO.
  2. 2. policy stating that the United States will use its power to stop the overthrow of a free country.
  3. 3. the bill that established plans for national security and the creation of the central intelligence agency.
  4. 4. the constitutional amendment which allows presidents only to serve two terms in office.
  5. 5. the bill passed to protect the rights of black Americans to vote in elections, the first bill regarding civil rights sensory reconstruction.
  6. 7. the security organization that gathers information from other countries and provides it to the president of the United States.
  7. 9. president Johnson’s plan to improve public education, conservation, poverty, crime, and civil rights.
  8. 12. the organization formed after World War II, in which nations of the world work together to solve problems.
  9. 13. a situation caused by the Soviet Union shipping missiles to Cuba for possible use against the US.
  10. 14. the communist dictator of Cuba.
  11. 15. The war fought from 1950-1953 were the United Nations especially United States help defend South Korea against the communist North Korea.
  12. 20. a period in which the United States in the Soviet Union threatened to use nuclear weapons against each each other.
  13. 23. the program in which the United States sent planes loaded with food and supplies to West Berlin, Germany.
  14. 25. The U.S. plan that offered financial help to European countries that had been harmed during WWII.
  15. 29. an agreement to stop fighting.