STAAR 2024 Review Terms--VVHS

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Across
  1. 2. scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974
  2. 5. Americans who wanted restrictions on immigrants, believed it would protect US jobs
  3. 6. the right to vote, 19th amendment gave women this right
  4. 7. ___ Code Talkers, helped win WWII with unbreakable code
  5. 9. business that takes total control of an industry by eliminating competition
  6. 10. "out of many come one", 13 colonies come together to form the US
  7. 12. the ban on the sale, manufacture of alcohol, put into effect with 18th amendment
  8. 13. development in late 20th century that gives us quick and accessible information on a global scale
  9. 15. bombed December 7, 1941, brought the US into WWII
  10. 16. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, passed an embargo on the US in the 70s leading to an energy crisis
  11. 20. civil rights group that believed armed resistance was sometimes necessary for defense
  12. 22. ___ Renaissance--1920s cultural movement that emphasized the African American experience
  13. 24. woman in the 1920s that rejected traditional roles
  14. 25. connected the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, gave the US naval power
  15. 28. ___ mural movement, Hispanic artists use art to build cultural pride and encourage civil rights for Hispanics
Down
  1. 1. area affected by severe drought and dust storms during the Great Depression
  2. 3. amendment that made the national voting age 18, resulted from Vietnam War
  3. 4. civil ___, MLK believed this was the best answer to civil rights protest
  4. 8. built accessible computer software for personal computer use, Father of Microsoft
  5. 11. cultural ___--the spread of American culture such as music, entertainment, and sports to the global community
  6. 14. muckraker that wrote the Jungle about unsafe conditions for workers in the meat packing plants
  7. 17. Wilson's __Points: plan for peace after WWI
  8. 18. type of technology that resulted in "space age" goods such as GPS and sunglasses
  9. 19. Category 4 hurricane that severely flooded New Orleans in 2005
  10. 21. US and Soviets both pushed technology in the competition to build more powerful weapons
  11. 23. Franklin Roosevelt's plan for correcting and solving many problems of the Great Depression such as unemployment
  12. 26. Sandra Day ___, 1st female Supreme Court Justice
  13. 27. also known as Serviceman's Readjustment Act, gave WWII veterans money for homes and college