Cold War/Civil Rights

2. competition to see which country could build up the military faster
4. idea that if one country fell to communism, then others would as well
6. Requires the president to get Congressional approval to send troops
7. term used for the combination of recession and inflation
9. Oldest civil rights group which worked for equality through court cases
12. closest we ever came to nuclear war. Eventually, the Soviets removed their weapons from Cuba.
14. alliance of democratic countries during the Cold War
15. the Soviet Union built this barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone
17. first group of students to desegrate Central High in Arkansas

1. A term popularized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet Union's policy of isolation during the Cold War.
3. Nixon was the only president to do this
5. Refused to give up her seat on a public bus. Led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
8. alliance of communist countries during the Cold War
10. planes flew in food, fuel, and other supplies during the Berlin Blockade
11. Southern laws that enforced segregation
13. Vietnamese village where Americans massacred innocent women and children
16. Celebrated for the first time in 1970. Americans turned their attention to saving the environment.