U.S. History STAAR Review - People

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Across
  1. 1. Civil rights leader who advocated for civil disobedience
  2. 3. 44th President; 2009-2017; first African-American President; Affordable Care Act
  3. 8. Frenchman who observed the American way of life and government in action and listed five values of American success
  4. 9. Developed software for personal computers
  5. 12. 35th President; 1961-1963; Cuban Missile Crisis; Assassinated
  6. 14. Civil rights leader; United Farm Workers
  7. 16. Helped found the NAACP, a civil rights group that fought for the legal rights of African Americans
  8. 19. Founder of the Standard Oil Company, regarded as a robber baron due to his ruthless business tactics
  9. 20. 1st female Supreme Court Justice
  10. 22. African American veteran of WWII, received Medal of Honor
  11. 23. Wrote “The Jungle”, resulting in the government regulating the safety of food products; FDA
  12. 24. Arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus, launching the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Down
  1. 1. Civil rights leader with a by any means necessary approach
  2. 2. 39th President; 1977-1981; Established a national energy policy including conservation, price control, and new technology; Camp David Accords
  3. 4. 31st President; 1929-1933; Felt that government interference in the economy should be minimal
  4. 5. 42nd President; 1993-2001; Impeached for perjury; Called himself a “New Democrat” with centrist political views
  5. 6. Cofounder of Apple
  6. 7. 40th President; 1981-1989; Supply-side economics; Iran-Contra Affair
  7. 10. 36th President; 1963-1969; Great Society Programs; Credibility Gap
  8. 11. 26th President; known for: conservationism, trust-busting, Hepburn Act, safe food regulations, “Square Deal”
  9. 13. Took photos of the crowded, unsafe, rat-infested tenement buildings, exposed the terrible living conditions and led to housing codes in the city
  10. 14. Used vertical integration to create a monopoly of steel
  11. 15. Established settlement house movement to help assimilate immigrants
  12. 17. 1st African American woman to serve in Congress
  13. 18. 32nd President; 1933-1945; won on a campaign of relief, recovery, and reform; Believed government involvement was crucial to stimulate the economy
  14. 21. 37th president; 1969-1974; Opened relations with China; Watergate Scandal