Final Exam Review

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Across
  1. 3. The US involvement in Vietnam and Southeast ___________ was an attempt by the US to halt the spread of communism
  2. 5. The acronym for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is ______________
  3. 6. Johnson and FDR established the most social ___________________ programs
  4. 10. Both of the eras of The Red Scare and McCarthyism were based on fears of ________________________
  5. 12. The US has gone to war with _______________ twice in the last 20 years
  6. 13. Starting in the 1950s the Middle Ease became more important due to the Suez Canal and the production of _________________
  7. 14. It is commonly believed that WW2 helped pull America out of The Great ______________________
  8. 16. The laws that ______________________________ (kept them from voting) African-Americans were fixed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  9. 19. Truman hoped to stop the spread of communism by following a policy of ________________________
  10. 20. MLK helped organized and run the ____________________ Bus Boycott to protest racial segregation on city buses
  11. 21. The Social Security Act helped those who lost their jobs by creating _________________________ insurance
  12. 23. On of the main reasons that US became involved in the Vietnam Was was the idea of the _____________________ Theory
  13. 26. Supply Side __________________ is an economic theory that says that lowering taxes actually increased govt tax revenue due to increased business activity
  14. 27. FDR's attempt to limit checks and balances through his "Court Packing" plan was to added _________________ who favored FDR's policies to the Supreme Court
Down
  1. 1. The ____________________ War and the Cold War were caused by the fear of the spread of global communism
  2. 2. Increased military spending during the 1980s under Reagan led to a ____________________ budget deficit
  3. 4. U.S. relations with _________________ American countries was improved by FDRs Good Neighbor Policy
  4. 7. The Camp David _________________ led to a peace treat between Israel and Egypt
  5. 8. Nixon chose to ___________________ from office because of the Watergate Scandal
  6. 9. The __________________ Airlift was a very successful US operation during the Cold War
  7. 11. _________________________ led to the stock market crash of 1928
  8. 15. The League of Nations and the United __________________are organizations that hope to prevent future wars
  9. 17. Brown vs. Board of Education stated that ____________________ in schooling was unconstitutional
  10. 18. __________________ is the process by which prices rise over time
  11. 20. The Cuban ________________ Crisis almost lead to nuclear war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. (Russia)
  12. 22. Johnson's Great _________________ program focused on helping the poor in America
  13. 24. When Iraq invaded Kuwait the US and its Allies launched The _________________ Gulf War to free Kuwait
  14. 25. The Social Security Act set up _________________ (retirement accounts) for the elderly
  15. 28. By putting Japanese Americans into camps during WW2 the government suspended their ________________ Liberties