Across
- 1. “King of Rock and Roll.”Joseph McCarthy U.S. senator behind anti-communist witch hunts.
- 4. First Black player in Major League Baseball.
- 6. President who approved the atomic bomb drops.
- 9. Leader of the nonviolent Civil Rights Movement.
- 12. Black nationalist leader.
- 15. Cold War competition for atomic weapons.
- 17. Civil rights protest with King’s famous speech.
- 18. Landmark 1964 law banning segregation.
- 19. Led to U.S. escalation in Vietnam.
- 21. Mass suburban developments post-WWII.
- 23. National highway system begun under Eisenhower.
- 27. Youth music culture in the 1950s.
Down
- 2. Volunteer program created by JFK.
- 3. U.S. space agency formed during Cold War.
- 5. Labor leader for farm workers.
- 7. Communist leader of Cuba.
- 8. Teen identity revolution of 1950s–60s.
- 10. Cold War standoff in 1962.
- 11. First major Cold War conflict. Vietnam War Controversial Cold War conflict in Southeast Asia.
- 13. Civil rights protest against segregation.
- 14. Population surge after WWII. Television Transformed American culture in the 1950s.
- 16. Military alliance formed in 1949.
- 20. Civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat.
- 22. Ended school segregation.
- 24. Supreme Allied Commander turned president.
- 25. Nonviolent protest tactic.
- 26. Youngest elected president, assassinated in 1963.