Boomers, X-ers, Millennials, Z-oomers

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Across
  1. 3. Gen X kids who came home to empty houses after school.
  2. 6. British band that helped define 1960s music for Boomers.
  3. 11. How Millennials and Gen Z consume entertainment instead of cable TV.
  4. 12. The first digital natives, shaped by 9/11 and the Great Recession.
  5. 13. Music genre that shocked older generations in the 1950s.
  6. 14. Rapid growth in computers, internet, and smartphones.
  7. 17. Young urban professionals of the 1980s, often Baby Boomers.
  8. 18. James Dean played one “Without a Cause.”
  9. 20. Political scandal that made Gen X distrustful of government.
  10. 21. Born between 1946-1964, they grew up in post-war prosperity.
  11. 23. 1969 music festival that symbolized counterculture.
  12. 24. 1990s tech boom that shaped Millennials’ early career paths.
  13. 25. War U.S.-Soviet tension that influenced Gen X’s early years.
  14. 26. A balance Gen X and Millennials value more than Boomers.
  15. 27. Gen X music style that rejected corporate and mainstream culture.
Down
  1. 1. Economic downturn that made it harder for Millennials to find jobs.
  2. 2. Counterculture movement that rejected traditional values.
  3. 4. Where many Boomers grew up, thanks to post-war expansion.
  4. 5. that changed national security policies.
  5. 7. “The King” of rock and roll, loved by Boomers, feared by parents.
  6. 8. Lived through the Great Depression and fought in WWII.
  7. 9. Emerging technology that will shape Gen Z’s workforce.
  8. 10. A controversial war that divided Baby Boomers.
  9. 15. Media A defining feature of Millennials’ digital world.
  10. 16. Known as the “Latchkey Kids,” they were independent and skeptical.
  11. 19. Television channel that shaped Gen X’s pop culture.
  12. 22. Race The U.S. and USSR competed to land on the moon.