US History Final Exam Review

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Across
  1. 5. The Cuban _____________ Crisis almost lead to nuclear war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
  2. 7. Truman hoped to stop communism from spreading with a ___________________ policy
  3. 13. The laws that _______________________ (kept them from voting) African-Americans were fixed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  4. 14. Johnson and FDR established the most social ______________ programs
  5. 16. The Social Security Act helped those who lost their jobs by establishing _________________ insurance
  6. 17. Nixon chose to ________________ from office because of the Watergate scandal
  7. 18. Both the eras of The Red Scare and McCarthyism were based on fears of _____________________
  8. 19. Brown vs. Board of Ed. stated that ____________________ was unconsitituional
  9. 22. One reason the US interviened in Vietnam was because of the ________________ Theory
  10. 23. Increased military spending during the 1980s under Reagan led to an _______________ budget deficit
  11. 28. The ____________ Airlift was a very successful US operation during the Cold War
Down
  1. 1. Johnson's Great ______________ program focused on helping the poor in America
  2. 2. Starting in the 1950s the Middle East became more important due to the Suez Canal and the production of ________
  3. 3. The Social Security Act set up _____________ for the elderly
  4. 4. U.S. relations with _____________ American countries was improved by FDR's Good Neighbor Policy
  5. 6. When Iraq invaded Kuwait the US launched The _______________ Gulf War to free our ally Kuwait
  6. 8. ________________ led to the stock market crash
  7. 9. The processes by which prices rise over time
  8. 10. MLK helped organize and operat the _________________ Bus Boycott to protest racial segregation on city buses
  9. 11. ___________, otherwise known as the North American Treaty Organization
  10. 12. The US has fought ________________ twice in the last 20 years
  11. 13. It is commonly believed that WW2 helped end the Great _________________
  12. 15. The ______________ War and the Cold War were cause by the fear of the global spread of communism
  13. 20. Supply Side _____________ says loweing taxes actually increases government revenue do to increased business activity
  14. 21. FDR's attempt to limit checks and balances through "Courtpacking" tried to add favorable ________________ to the Supreme Court
  15. 24. By putting Japanese Americans in camps during WW2 the government suspended their ___________-Liberties
  16. 25. The Camp David ____________ led to a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt
  17. 26. The League of Nations and the United ______________ are organizations that hope to prevent future wars
  18. 27. The US got involved in the war in ______________ to help prevent the spread of communism in south east asia.