Across
- 3. a person who is not strict in observance of traditional or established forms, ways, or beliefs
- 6. a restriction or ban on the sale of a good to another country
- 8. the process of changing, or redrawing, legislative district lines to reflect changes in population
- 10. the publishing of statements known to be false about someone in order to damage his or her reputation
- 12. a form of action in favor of a cause that involves marches, boycotts, and possibly deliberately breaking the law to highlight opposition to that law
- 15. a small device that controls the flow of electricity in electronic equipment
- 16. legal action in which a person charges that an individual or organization has violated his or her rights or injured him or her in some way
- 17. to refuse to buy or use particular goods or services as a form of protest
Down
- 1. integrated bus rides that went through segregated areas in order to draw attention to civil rights
- 2. to include people of all races
- 4. an open water storage area used to meet the water needs of one or more communities
- 5. a form of protest in which activists sit down inside or in front of a business, thus interfering with the business's normal work
- 7. a collection of social and economic programs initiated by President Lyndon B. Johnson
- 9. a person who is strict in observance of traditional or established forms, ways, or beliefs
- 11. a person who flees for safety, especially to a foreign country
- 13. an exam to show whether a person can read or write
- 14. the post–World War II struggle between the United States and Soviet Union for power and influence; the struggle did not involve direct fighting between those two superpowers
