Post War America & The Civil Rights Movement

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Across
  1. 3. Health care program for the elderly, introduced by LBJ's administration.
  2. 4. First artificial satellite, launched by the USSR in 1957.
  3. 6. Parks Refused to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  4. 8. US agency involved in covert Cold War operations, including in Cuba and Vietnam.
  5. 13. Rides Integrated bus rides through the South to challenge segregation.
  6. 14. Spring 1962 book by Rachel Carson that sparked the environmental movement.
  7. 16. 1960s movement rejecting mainstream society’s norms and values.
  8. 18. Rock Nine Students who integrated an Arkansas high school in 1957.
  9. 19. Space exploration agency founded in 1958.
  10. 20. Wall Concrete barrier dividing East and West Berlin, symbol of the Cold War.
  11. 21. Rapidly growing residential areas outside cities in the postwar era.
  12. 24. Mass-produced suburban housing development in the 1950s.
  13. 26. on Washington 1963 rally where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
  14. 28. Cold War policy to prevent the spread of communism.
  15. 30. Young people of the 1960s known for their alternative lifestyle and anti-war stance.
  16. 31. Civil rights group founded in 1960 to organize student activism.
Down
  1. 1. 1969 music festival that became a defining event for the counterculture.
  2. 2. Generation Group of writers in the 1950s who rejected traditional norms.
  3. 5. Arms Race Competition between the US and USSR to build more powerful weapons.
  4. 7. Race Competition between the US and USSR to explore beyond Earth.
  5. 9. Society LBJ's set of domestic programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice.
  6. 10. Corps Volunteer program created by President Kennedy in 1961.
  7. 11. Power Movement emphasizing racial pride and self-sufficiency.
  8. 12. War Major conflict in Southeast Asia that polarized American opinion.
  9. 15. Civil rights tactic involving peaceful occupation of segregated spaces.
  10. 17. Anti-communist crusade led by a controversial senator.
  11. 22. of Tonkin Incident that led to increased US involvement in Vietnam.
  12. 23. v. Board 1954 Supreme Court ruling that declared school segregation unconstitutional.
  13. 25. Military alliance founded in 1949 to counter Soviet influence.
  14. 27. of Pigs Failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by CIA-trained exiles.
  15. 28. Rights Act Landmark 1964 law that outlawed racial and gender discrimination.
  16. 29. X Influential African American leader advocating for Black rights.