Modern Era Vocab Choice Board

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Across
  1. 6. the President is allowed to take all necessary measures in case of attack
  2. 7. created to keep the Soviet Union from coming to the city
  3. 9. between America and the Soviet Union to get to space first
  4. 11. started when the University of California at Berkeley started to restrict their student's rights
  5. 13. south Vietnamese communists
  6. 15. containing communism
  7. 17. U.S. started to withdraw troops from Vietnam while they were still fighting
  8. 20. great influence on the Civil Rights Movement by standing up for herself on the bus
  9. 22. aids European countries to allow them to rebuild their economy
  10. 23. birth rat skyrocketed form 1945-1961
  11. 24. gasoline that explodes when contacted dropped by American Planes
  12. 26. created their own lifestyle that did not go along with everyone else
  13. 28. whites and black rode on the bus to prove a point against the segregation with transportation
  14. 29. wasn't allowed to go to school in her neighborhood, which led to Brown vs. Board of Education
  15. 30. allowed African Americans to vote without all of the tests and regulations
Down
  1. 1. feminist organization led by Betty Friedan
  2. 2. created a vaccine for polio
  3. 3. wrote The Feminine Mytique
  4. 4. war between America and the Soviet Union
  5. 5. used troops and weapons instead of nuclear warfare
  6. 8. key leader of the Civil Rights Movement
  7. 10. mass produced suburb in New York
  8. 12. music separated children from their parents
  9. 14. boosts the economy
  10. 16. created more highways and routs for the growing number of vehicles owned
  11. 18. new legislative agenda brought up by John F. Kennedy
  12. 19. separated Eastern and Western Europe
  13. 21. "King of Rock'n'Roll"
  14. 25. main symbol of the black power movement
  15. 27. big music festival held in New York and California