1960s US History Exam Review Crossword

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  1. 1. Great Society program that gave health insurance to Americans who were 55 and older
  2. 7. the first animal Americans sent into space
  3. 11. Great Society program that offered a school readiness program to lower income families
  4. 13. first Roman Catholic president
  5. 15. the common purpose that linked the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission and the White Citizens Council
  6. 16. the USA's space agency
  7. 17. the legal separation of public and private facilities by race
  8. 18. the city where JFK was assassinated
  9. 20. name that was commonly given to members of the counterculture during the 1960s
  10. 22. rights African Americans such as Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr. fought for these during the 1960s
  11. 24. Texas congressman who became president after Kennedy, created the Great Society, and deepened American involvement in Vietnam
  12. 25. the name of the moon landing project
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  1. 2. the first American in space
  2. 3. the first satellite in space
  3. 4. common values of the counterculture movemement
  4. 5. the surge of civil rights activism in 1964
  5. 6. Kennedy's domestic policy agenda which proposed a significant increase in government spending on housing, welfare, education, science, and the arts
  6. 8. a subconflict within the Cold War between the US and the USSR for aeronautic and astronomical superiority
  7. 9. the generation the hippies belonged to
  8. 10. the first animal in space
  9. 12. the first person to break the sound barrier
  10. 14. the American space agency employed this notorious group
  11. 16. the first person to walk on the moon
  12. 19. Great Society program that provided health insurance for individuals living below the poverty line
  13. 21. the first American to orbit the earth
  14. 23. characteristics of this type of community during the 1960s included things like vegetarianism and nontraditional medicine