Unit 11

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Across
  1. 1. the 24th amendment outlawed
  2. 5. communist dictator of Cuba
  3. 7. Nixon _____ instead of being impeached
  4. 8. failed attempt by US to orchestrate overthrow of Castro - made JFK look bad
  5. 9. theory that if Vietnam fell to communism it would spread to other southeast Asian nations
  6. 13. President can only deploy troops for up to 60 days without Congress declaring war
  7. 15. the withdrawel of US troops and handing over to South Vietnamese to continue the war
  8. 16. resolution that authorized President JBJ to deploy troops to Vietnam with no restrictions
  9. 19. strategy of easing tensions by opening up relations with communist nations
  10. 21. guerilla communist fighters that caused US troops many casualties
  11. 22. won the 1968 election with help from the "silent majority"
  12. 23. a nuclear weapons agreement with USSR - partly motivated by Nixon's success with China relations
  13. 24. these happened all around US after MLK assassinated
  14. 25. Americans who were not very politically active who didn't like the violence they saw on TV and wanted to vote for law and order
  15. 29. MLK was a leader of this civil rights group founded after Montgomery Bus Boycott
  16. 30. LBJ's programs to combat poverty and inequality in the US
  17. 31. Cuba gets cozy with USSR - says you can install nukes here - US freaks - resolved when US agrees to remove nukes from Turkey
  18. 32. maybe Nixon's biggest success - opening relations up with this country
Down
  1. 2. showed that the US and South Vietnam were not close to defeating the communists
  2. 3. MLK was arrested here and wrote that "an unjust law is no law at all"
  3. 4. outlawed literacy tests to register to vote
  4. 6. President Ford gave Nixon a ____ to avoid putting the country through a divisive trial
  5. 10. Nixon gave the okay for guys to break into Democrat headquarters to get dirt, then tried to cover it up - what a scandal!
  6. 11. Violence at the Democratic National Convention between protestors and police caused the "silent majority" to show up to support Republicans
  7. 12. LBJ was able to get ____ rights legislation passed after JFK assasination
  8. 14. younger brother of JFK who was running for President when he was gunned down
  9. 17. 1964 - prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, gender
  10. 18. civil rights student group that changed from nonviolent over time and lost support
  11. 20. established this agency to fight pollution and protect the Earth
  12. 26. won 1960 Presidential election partly due to good TV presence
  13. 27. when people saw police violently suppressing peaceful protestors, it caused many to increase support for ____ _____
  14. 28. used civil rights strategies to fight for migrant worker rights