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