Gene Angelo/Nucal/B2/People & Places

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Across
  1. 6. the U.S. state where the Attack on Pearl Harbor had occured, bringing the U.S. into WWII.
  2. 8. the island country located in the Gulf of Mexico that brought the world to its closest to nuclear war in a 13-day standoff.
  3. 10. the president during the Cold War, Civil Rights Movement, Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam War, yet still most notable for his assassination. (Last Name)
  4. 12. the president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan, implemented the Marshall Plan, and established his doctrine which promised U.S. support towards any country fighting Communism. (Last Name)
  5. 13. a once-Japanese colony divided by Communism and Democratic-Republicanism into two countries, serving as the basis of the Forgotten War.
  6. 15. a group of African-American Fighter Pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII. (2 words)
  7. 16. the first totalitarian state established, fighting majorly for the Allies in WWII yet against the U.S. in the Cold War and Space Race. (2 words)
  8. 17. a French Political Scientist known for identifying 5 crucial values of American Democracy: Egalitarianism, Populism, Liberty, Individualism, and Laissez-Faire. (Last Name)
  9. 18. the only Asian country on the Axis Powers in WWII, ruled primarily by its prime minister, Hideki Tojo.
  10. 19. the president during the Great Deprssion and WWII and notable for his Fireside Chats, he instituted the New Deal in attempt to lift the nation out of the Depression which focused on Relief, Recovery, and Reform. (Initials)
Down
  1. 1. the Southeast-Asian archipelago gained by the U.S. as result of the Spanish-American War; it’s significance in WWII is marked by the Bataan Death March.
  2. 2. a group of Native Americans who played a key role in the Pacific Theater in WWII through using their unwritten language as an undecipherable code. (3 words)
  3. 3. this country was the battlefield of the U.S.’s second longest war involvement, eventually failing as it was united as a Communist country after the U.S. withdrew from it.
  4. 4. the name of the main theatre of war during WWII and birthplace of Trench Warfare, named after its cardinal relation to Germany. (2 words)
  5. 5. the boot-peninsula of Europe that fought on the side of the Axis Powers in WWII with its fascist leader, Benito Mussolini.
  6. 7. the most recognizable leader and spokesperson of the Civil Rights Movement, his most notable speech being his “I Have a Dream” speech. (Initials)
  7. 8. one of America’s richest entrepeneurs, he wrote “The Gospel of Wealth”, arguing the responsibility that wealthy persons use their wealth for the greater good of society. (Last Name)
  8. 9. a founder of the NAACP and the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard Univeristy, he toured the country delivering speeches in favor of achieving immediate reacial equality. (Last Name)
  9. 11. also the General who led Allied troops in the Invasion of Normandy, this president’s doctrine, named after himself, extended U.S. aid in defending against Commmunism to the Middle East. (Last Name)
  10. 14. the country in Europe that stood on the side of the Central Powers in WWI and the Axis Powers in WWII, sometimes characterized by its fascist leader during WWII, Adolf Hitler.