Period 8

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Across
  1. 4. Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
  2. 7. A major Viet Kong invasion against South Vietnamese and Set forces
  3. 8. Cold War crisis where Soviet Union blocked water and land access to West Berlin in 1940, aiming to force western allies out of city
  4. 12. President Eisenhower's theory that if one nation fell to communism, the neighboring countries would follow.
  5. 13. Law signed in by Lyndon B. Johnson prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, and ethnic background in hotels, restraints, and all places of employment doing business with federal government.
  6. 14. Dividing line between communist North Korea and noncommunist South Korea
  7. 18. First U.S. citizens to be executed for treason during peacetime, accused of passing secrets to soviet agents, found guilty but never confessed.
  8. 19. Letter written by Martin Luther king explaining why blacks could no longer wait patiently for their rights, shows nonviolent direct action
  9. 20. Security alliance built by the U.S., Canada, and West Europe
Down
  1. 1. Developed Polio Vaccine to prevent the disease from spreading.
  2. 2. A foreign policy by president Harry Truman in 1947 to provide military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism
  3. 3. The first man-made satellite, made by the soviets
  4. 5. A state of political tensions and military rivalry that stops short of a full scale war
  5. 6. A term from Winston Churchill that describes the divide between Western democratic Europe and Eastern Communist controlled Europe during Cold War
  6. 9. Marriage and birth rates increased after World War II because of reinforced traditional family values following soldier return home.
  7. 10. Gasoline based bombs that set fire to the jungle as viet- kong tactic
  8. 11. Low cost neighborhoods made by Levitt Brothers with small, identical houses that shows shift to suburban development in America.
  9. 15. South and southwestern U.S. states that experienced significant population growth post World War II
  10. 16. Foreign policy in U.S. that aimed to stop spread of communism after World War II
  11. 17. "second red scare" Joseph McCarty led a campaign against alleged communists in U.S. government, characterized by blacklisting, violation of civil liberties, etc.