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- 5. - A form of civil disobedience that was popular in the civil rights movement.
- 9. - the president after FDR who was responsible for the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan.
- 11. was known as the first man to break the sound barrier when flying
- 13. - WWII general and 34th president of the United States
- 14. - beginning of the Red Scare and the federal government’s movement to weed out possible communists in the government
- 17. Warren - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and supporter of anti segregation laws.
- 18. - the massive expansion of families post WWII meant a massive increase in the need for housing. Massive housing developments were built to meet the need.
- 20. - supreme court decision that ended separate but equal segregation of schools.
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- 1. known as the king of rock and roll.
- 2. The civil rights activist who said the i have a dream speech.
- 3. - a new style of music which drew inspiration from African American blues music, embraced themes popular among teenagers, such as young love and rebellion against authority.
- 4. Parks - civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus and got arrested for refuseing.
- 6. War - In general is a war that is not directly fought but only through what are known as proxy wars.
- 7. - An example of the proxy war happening during the Cold War with Russia. The two parts continued to fight about communism and capitalism and
- 8. - the primary federal agency responsible for aerospace research and the civilian space program.
- 10. - major fighter for civil rights and the first african american supreme court justice.
- 12. - father of rock and roll
- 15. was a series of 3 Russian launches beginning in 1957 that orbited or nearly orbited Earth.
- 16. became the first man to enter Earth’s orbit, in a single-pilot spacecraft called Vostok I.
- 19. - an informal dance in school gyms that had people dance in their socks to avoid damaging the gym floor