The Last Jigsaw Activity and Unit Test of the Year! YAY!

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Across
  1. 2. The abbreviation for an area with no military forces is called the _____
  2. 5. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were known for being the first American astronauts to land on the ____
  3. 6. What was the name of the Soviet Union’s own military alliance?
  4. 8. This cut off Soviet-run Eastern Europe (communist countries) from the democratic governments of the west
  5. 9. Non-violent protest against unjust laws is known as ___ ___
  6. 12. In 1965, what law was passed that ended literacy tests to block African Americans from voting and allowed federal officials to register voters in states practicing discrimination?
  7. 14. What was the last name of the president who had to resign due to the Watergate scandal?
  8. 15. In both the Korean War and Vietnam War, the United States backed the _____ part of the country.
  9. 16. Along with the US and the Soviet Union, which two other countries divided up Germany and Berlin?
  10. 18. A large increase in the birth rate from the late 1940s to 1960s was known as the __ ___
  11. 19. Both the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan attempted to keep communism contained by giving ______ to countries threatened by communism
  12. 20. What were the initials of the organization that was designed to defend western Europe against Soviet threat?
  13. 21. NOW is an organization that works for equal rights in jobs, pay and education for ___.
  14. 23. Tension between the US and the Soviet Union
  15. 24. People who oppose (or are against) war (the Vietnam War) were known as ____
  16. 25. JFK created a program where American volunteers worked in developing countries for two years. This program is called the ___ ____
  17. 27. In Brown v. Board of Education, _____ was declared illegal (unconstitutional) in schools.
  18. 28. Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty was part of a program called ____ ____
  19. 30. What is the abbreviation for the American space program that competed with the Soviets in the space race?
  20. 32. The Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite called ____
  21. 33. What is the name of the Long Island suburb that was first introduced as a new way of building suburban houses? __
Down
  1. 1. In both the Korean War and Vietnam War, the Soviet Union backed the _____ part of the country.
  2. 2. What is the name of the belief that if one country (South Vietnam) fell to communism, other countries would follow and fall to communism too?
  3. 3. People who wanted or supported war (the Vietnam War) were known as ____
  4. 4. The US and Britain were able to get supplies to West Berliners by the ____ _____
  5. 7. The effort of African Americans to win equal rights was called the ___ ___ __
  6. 10. Federal troops were summoned to Arkansas when the governor refused to allow African American students into Central HS in what was called ___ ___ ___
  7. 11. The name of the international organization created to prevent another world war by settling conflicts between countries is called the ____ ___
  8. 13. The Soviets were pointing missiles at the US from which island country? ___
  9. 15. The US and Soviet Union were both considered a ____ which means a nation with enough military, political and economic strength to influence events worldwide
  10. 17. The last name of the couple that was sentenced to death for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union was ____
  11. 22. The woman who refused to sit in the back of the bus thus beginning the Montgomery Bus Boycott was ____
  12. 26. The last name of Soviet Union’s leader who closed all roads, railway lines and river routes connecting Berlin with West Germany was ____
  13. 29. This is the US policy to keep Soviet influence contained within existing boundaries
  14. 31. President Reagan’s weapons program to destroy Soviet missiles from space was known as the __ __ Program