UNIT 8 — A Nation in Transition

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Across
  1. 6. Memphis recording studio known for early rock and roll hits
  2. 10. Society increasingly focused on buying goods and new products
  3. 11. Failed 1961 invasion of Cuba by US backed exiles
  4. 12. Mass produced suburban community representing postwar housing boom
  5. 13. Influential blues guitarist and singer from Tennessee
  6. 14. Competition between the US and USSR to achieve space achievements
  7. 17. Sudden increase in births in the years following World War Two
  8. 19. Rock and roll star from Tennessee known as the King of Rock and Roll
  9. 21. 1962 confrontation that brought US and USSR close to nuclear war
  10. 22. Network of roads begun under Eisenhower connecting the nation
  11. 23. 1963 agreement ending nuclear tests in the atmosphere and underwater
  12. 25. Kennedys domestic program aimed at education civil rights and space
Down
  1. 1. New technology that transformed entertainment news and advertising
  2. 2. Famous Memphis record label known for soul and RnB music
  3. 3. Office and professional jobs that expanded during the 1950s
  4. 4. President elected in 1960 promising a New Frontier
  5. 5. Writers and artists who rejected conformity and traditional values
  6. 7. Popular new music style appealing to teenagers in the 1950s
  7. 8. United States space agency created to compete with the Soviet Union
  8. 9. Barrier built in 1961 separating East and West Berlin
  9. 15. Program sending American volunteers to aid developing nations
  10. 16. Movement that brought Fidel Castro to power in Cuba in 1959
  11. 18. Kennedys military strategy offering options beyond nuclear weapons
  12. 20. Growth of suburban neighborhoods outside major cities
  13. 24. Law providing education and housing benefits to World War Two veterans