Theme #8
Across
- 4. Murdered in 1955 for whistling at a white woman by her husband and his friends. They kidnapped him and brutally killed him. his death led to the American Civil Rights movement.
- 7. First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space.
- 8. Music that originated in the gospel and blues traditions of African Americans.
- 10. A region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the South and Southwest that has seen substantial population growth in recent decades
- 11. An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one.
- 15. leader for soviet union after stalin.
- 18. United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery alabama
- 19. the line that divided north and south vietnam
- 20. French colony made up of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
Down
- 1. Developed the polio vaccine in 1952
- 2. Communist-dominated Nationalist Movement. Ruled Vietnam when Japanese rule ended. Leader was Ho Chi Minh.
- 3. Prime Minister of Iran before overthrown by CIA
- 5. A movement from one country or region to another
- 6. first african american to attend the university of alabama.
- 9. Communities from which non-whites were systematically excluded from living and were arrested after dark.
- 12. a united states youth subculture of the 1950s that rebelled against the mundane horros of the middle life
- 13. United States rock singer whose many hit records
- 14. former illinois governor that ran for president in 1956 and lost to eisenhower
- 16. A Communist-led army and guerrilla force in South Vietnam that fought its government and was supported by North Vietnam.
- 17. A discriminatory real estate practice in North America in which members of minority groups are prevented from obtaining money to purchase homes or property in predominantly white neighborhoods.