Civil Rights and Conservatism

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Across
  1. 2. Bus trips taken to protest segregation in the South
  2. 6. Separation of people based on race
  3. 7. Civil rights group (Congress of Racial Equality)
  4. 9. Coastal lands whose ownership was debated between Texas and the federal government
  5. 12. 1963 event where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech
  6. 14. Demonstration without violence
  7. 15. Nonviolent protests where people sat in segregated places
  8. 16. Competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to explore space
  9. 17. Group that worked to secure rights for Hispanic veterans
  10. 18. Organization that works for African American rights (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
  11. 19. First artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union
  12. 21. One of the two major U.S. political parties, often associated with conservative views
  13. 24. vehicles used for transportation
  14. 26. The fight for equal rights for women
  15. 27. Organized effort to achieve social or political change
  16. 28. U.S. president during the 1950s and early Cold War
  17. 29. One of the two major U.S. political parties, often associated with more liberal views
Down
  1. 1. Related to areas just outside a city
  2. 3. Ended separation of races
  3. 4. Unfair treatment based on race, gender, or other traits
  4. 5. Laws made by a government
  5. 7. System where the government controls property and economy
  6. 8. President Johnson’s program to reduce poverty and improve education
  7. 10. Organization that fights for the rights of Hispanic Americans (League of United Latin American Citizens)
  8. 11. Having a voice or someone speaking for you in government
  9. 13. A person who works to bring about political or social change
  10. 20. U.S. president during the early 1960s and the Cuban Missile Crisis
  11. 22. Rights that protect people’s freedom and equality under the law
  12. 23. Political belief that favors limited government and traditional values
  13. 25. Period of tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union without direct fighting