1960s

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Across
  1. 3. President who sent troops to Vietnam and declared "War on Poverty"
  2. 5. City in Alabama where racists bombed churches; broke up protests with police dogs and fire hoses
  3. 9. Lone gunman in Dallas on November 22, 1963
  4. 10. Communist guerillas who fought Americans in South Vietnam
  5. 11. Mexican-American labor leader who organized farm workers
  6. 13. President who tried to get rid of Castro and managed the Cuban Missile Crisis
  7. 15. Younger brother of John; assassinated in 1968
  8. 16. "Political equality is not enough! Women need social and economic equality too!"
  9. 17. Sets the jungle on fire and smells like victory
Down
  1. 1. Feminist author who thought suburban homes were prisons for women
  2. 2. First man on the Moon
  3. 4. Young people in the Sixties: "My Generation" was about them
  4. 6. Non-violent Civil Rights leader who preached civil disobedience, equal rights, and social justice for poor people
  5. 7. Communist dictator of Cuba
  6. 8. Music festival where hippies listened to classic rock in the Summer of '69
  7. 12. Republican who promised "law and order" after the crazy 1960s
  8. 14. When Uncle Sam forces you to sign up and go to war