Post War America Crossword Puzzle Activity - Sherah

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Across
  1. 4. Someone who developed a vaccine for the crippling disease poliomyelitis-polio
  2. 5. Five Star General in the United States Army during WWII and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe
  3. 8. The ideal that every U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative
  4. 11. Conservative with money but liberal with human beings
  5. 12. A 1954 landmark United States Supreme Court Case in which the Court declared state laws supporting segregation of public schools unconstitutional
  6. 13. A type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group
  7. 17. Mass production of inexpensive suburban houses meant for young veterans and their wives
  8. 19. Pediatrician and author of "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care", which instrumented parents on modern child-rearing, replacing traditional means of passing along such knowledge
  9. 21. A period of conformity, prosperity, and peace after the Korean War ended
  10. 22. Servicemen's Readjustment Act
  11. 23. A comfortable lead
  12. 24. An area where there are more cars and more roads
Down
  1. 1. A book based on a classic 1956 study of suburban Park Forest, Illinois and other communities
  2. 2. A number of Southern Democrats
  3. 3. An extension of Roosevelt's new deal
  4. 6. A company that offers similar products or services in many locations
  5. 7. Unprecedented population explosion
  6. 9. Buying material goods that came to be equated with success
  7. 10. Government protected rights of individuals against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment
  8. 14. A marketing strategy
  9. 15. A major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries
  10. 16. Homes in small residential communities surrounding cities
  11. 18. California Senator
  12. 20. Suburban living made owning a car necessity