Chapter 15 Review

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Across
  1. 2. leader of USSR, supported Castro in Cuba
  2. 5. LBJ defeated __ __ in 1964
  3. 7. competition b/w USA/USSR to land on the moon
  4. 9. JFK’s economic plans called for __ __
  5. 10. performed an assassination on live TV
  6. 12. JFK’s Attorney General and close advisor
  7. 14. Ike warned that the __ __ __ might endanger democracy
  8. 16. southern __ threatened to block JFK’s civil rights bill
  9. 17. took the Presidential Oath on Air Force One
  10. 20. first Catholic ever president
  11. 22. used a cheap rifle to kill President
  12. 25. first Ameican to go into orbit
  13. 26. first human to go safely into space and back
  14. 27. JFK was killed in this city
  15. 29. warned about military/industrial complex
  16. 32. countries that were chaotic and poor known as __ __ __
  17. 34. JFK was the first __ __ president to be elected
Down
  1. 1. SSA health insurance for retired Americans
  2. 3. LBJ’s ginormous program to improve America
  3. 4. JFK wanted a miltary ready for a __ __
  4. 6. 13 days of extreme tension, USA on brink of war
  5. 8. one of the “best and brightest”, was Sec of Defense
  6. 11. disastrous and embarrassing attempt to overthrow Castro
  7. 13. lost to JFK in 1960
  8. 15. several Supreme Court cases protected the rights of the __
  9. 18. the election of 1960 had the first televised __
  10. 19. the election of 1960 had the first __ __ ever
  11. 21. JFK’s vision to improve America was known as the __ __
  12. 23. anti-segregation bill passed after JFK’s death
  13. 24. SSA health insurance for poor/disabled Americans
  14. 28. programs designed to eliminate poverty in USA
  15. 30. gov’t investigation of JFK’s assassination
  16. 31. tense showdown between USA/USSR over a divided city
  17. 33. leader of communist Cuba