Across
- 6. the conflict between the communist, North Vietnam and South Vietnam, in which the United States became involved.
- 8. the national aeronautics and space administration that was started by Dwight D Eisenhower.
- 10. the term used for the border that separated communist countries from free countries in eastern Europe during the Cold War.
- 11. NASA’s first satellite.
- 16. 35th US president, youngest to be elected, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.came up with the Peace Corps, and sent troops to Vietnam.
- 17. the first black American four-star general in the history of the US Air Force.
- 18. the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth.
- 19. the act which provide provided medical care through health insurance for senior citizens.
- 21. the man-made channel connecting the St. Lawrence river and the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
- 22. the 36 US president. Became president after Kennedy death. Great society was his plan.
- 24. the wall built by the Soviet Union, that separated the communist and the free parts of Berlin, Germany.
- 26. the organization would sends out young volunteers to help improve living condition. Conditions of poor people in nations are around the world.
- 27. the system of divided highways are connected all parts of America. Put in a place by Eisenhower.
- 28. the constitutional amendment stating that if the president dies while in office, the vice president becomes president.
- 30. the false belief that God does not exist.
Down
- 1. The group of countries that agreed to defend each other against a communist invasion, also known as NATO.
- 2. policy stating that the United States will use its power to stop the overthrow of a free country.
- 3. the bill that established plans for national security and the creation of the central intelligence agency.
- 4. the constitutional amendment which allows presidents only to serve two terms in office.
- 5. the bill passed to protect the rights of black Americans to vote in elections, the first bill regarding civil rights sensory reconstruction.
- 7. the security organization that gathers information from other countries and provides it to the president of the United States.
- 9. president Johnson’s plan to improve public education, conservation, poverty, crime, and civil rights.
- 12. the organization formed after World War II, in which nations of the world work together to solve problems.
- 13. a situation caused by the Soviet Union shipping missiles to Cuba for possible use against the US.
- 14. the communist dictator of Cuba.
- 15. The war fought from 1950-1953 were the United Nations especially United States help defend South Korea against the communist North Korea.
- 20. a period in which the United States in the Soviet Union threatened to use nuclear weapons against each each other.
- 23. the program in which the United States sent planes loaded with food and supplies to West Berlin, Germany.
- 25. The U.S. plan that offered financial help to European countries that had been harmed during WWII.
- 29. an agreement to stop fighting.