Across
- 1. The day the stock market crashed is known as...
- 2. This was accusing anyone of being a communist without proof.
- 5. People who rode buses throughout the south to protest.
- 8. Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, and ______ were affected by the dust bowl.
- 9. The U.S's initial reason for getting involved in Vietnam was to limit the spread of _________.
- 10. Who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
- 16. What was the name of the barrier between East and West Berlin?
- 17. What did the 38th parallel separate?
- 19. Segregation that was considered illegal.
- 20. What was a communication link established in 1963 to allow the leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union to contact each other in times of crisis.
- 21. What allowed the United States to draft more citizens into the military?
- 23. What was a law enacted in 1973, limiting a president’s right to send troops into battle without consulting Congress?
- 26. What organization investigated people who were suspected of communism?
- 27. What is buying stocks on the chance of a quick profit while ignoring the risks?
- 28. Germany, Italy, and Japan were part of the ________ Powers.
- 30. Peaceful protests in which African Americans sat at white only lunch counters.
- 33. Who gave the “Iron Curtain” speech?
- 35. This was the surprise attack 70,000 Vietnamese soldiers launched on South Vietnam and the U.S on the lunar new year.
- 36. The overproduction of ______ is one of the main causes of the Dust Bowl.
- 40. Who fought and won the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case?
- 41. What is paying a small percent of a stock’s price as a down payment & borrowing the rest?
- 43. Act that outlawed segregation in public places.
- 44. Hoovervilles began to pop up as a result of this event?
- 47. Relief, recovery, reform were the _____ of the new deal?
- 48. Cash payments or food provided by the government for the needy/poor are examples of...?
- 49. The largest organization that focused on fighting for civil rights.
- 50. Who advocated Black Pride, Black Separatism, and armed self defense?
Down
- 1. Turning point in the Pacific War of WW2.
- 3. What was the fear of the spread of communism?
- 4. Political party that focused on fighting police brutality.
- 6. What is the famous image from the Great Depression of a mother and her kids called?
- 7. Led the organization that organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
- 11. The U.S., GB and ______ were the Big Three at the Yalta Conference.
- 12. What list were people put on the ______ for being suspected of communism.
- 13. Who was the major general in the United States Army during World War II?
- 14. Who won the space race?
- 15. What was the German tactic that involved bombing from planes?
- 18. What was the name of the operation where the U.S dropped large amounts of bombs on Vietnam?
- 22. This was the Soviets attempt to place missiles in Cuba to threaten the U.S.
- 24. If you are an only _____ you could be deferred from the draft.
- 25. What was the U.S’s unsuccessful attempt to invade Cuba?
- 29. What major event provoked the United States to join WW2?
- 31. This popular war tactic was used by the Vietnamese in Vietnam.
- 32. What was the trail that led from North Vietnam to South Vietnam which provided a constant stream of resources, materials, and manpower to the front lines invading South Vietnam?
- 34. What caused the US to airlift supplies into Berlin?
- 37. Segregation was most prevalent in this half of the United States.
- 38. What president came up with the New Deal?
- 39. City with the first desegregated high school.
- 42. Considered the most heavily segregated city in Alabama.
- 45. This was a group who fought against the U.S’s involvement in Vietnam.
- 46. Great Britain, Soviet Union, and United States were part of the _______ Powers.