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- 2. A civil rights activist, leader, sociologist, and one of the founders of the NAACP. He preached that social change was only achievable via action and protest.(2 words)
- 5. The president of the United States during the Watergate scandal. He resigned before his impeachment.(2 words)
- 6. A civil rights activist and journalist who launched an anti-lynching campaign. She was also one of the founders of the NAACP.(3 words)
- 8. A civil rights activist who focused on the labor conditions of Mexican immigrant workers.(2 words)
- 9. A civil rights activist who focused specifically on women's suffrage. She was one of the main faces of the movement, but unfortunately promoted white supremacy to further her agenda.(3 words)
- 12. President during the Great Depression and most of World War II. He was responsible for the New Deal legislation and served four terms.(3 words)
- 14. A country divided by civil war. One side was supported by the USSR, the other by the US. The US sent troops to help fight but withdrew in 1973. The communist side won and the two sides were united under communism.
- 15. The US helped them overthrow the Spanish in 1898. It later became communist and allied itself with the USSR, allowing them to set up a nuclear base on it's territory.
- 16. Annexed into the United States in 1898 after the destabilization and eventual overthrowing of its government. Attacked during WWII, which prompted the US to join the war.
- 17. A country who's nationalist government was overthrown and replaced by a communist government. The country challenged the US's containment policy because we couldn't defeat something so large. We didn't recognize the new government and vetoed its admission into the United Nations.
- 18. A group of American pilots stationed in the Pacific during World War II. They were the first Americans to fight against the Japanese.(2 words)
- 19. A civil rights activist in the 1950s and 60s, she rose to fame when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white man on the bus. (2 words)
- 20. A country divided by civil war. One side was supported by the USSR, the other supported by the US. The resulting war did not reunite the country, and it is divided at the 38th parallel.
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- 1. An area rich in petroleum and other natural resources. The governments are generally unstable and the area's political climate is volatile. The US gets most of its oil from here.(2 words)
- 3. The capital of Germany which was divided into four occupation zones after WWII. These four occupation zones eventually dwindled to two that were divided by a wall.
- 4. A political organization founded in 1966 that focused on black power and carried weapons in self defense from police brutality.(2 words)
- 7. An American general who commanded the Pacific theater during World War II.(2 words)
- 10. Formed in 1922, and part of the Allied powers during WWII. Created an iron curtain through Europe when it turned the smaller countries surrounding it into satellites. The only other superpower in the world after WWII.(2 words)
- 11. One of the Axis powers in WWII, and one of the Central Powers in WWI. The site of the Holocaust.
- 13. One of the Axis powers during WWII. They attacked and took over Manchuria, an area of China. The US became involved in WWII when they attacked us at Pearl Harbor.