The 1960's

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  1. 5. Cuban exiles supported by the U.S. Central intelligence agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in effort to overthrow Fidel Castro
  2. 8. A wall surrounding West Berlin Germany built in 1961 to prevent East German citizens from traveling to the west
  3. 11. a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
  4. 12. national association for the advancement of colored people
  5. 14. During the Vietnam war to reduce United States troop strength in Vietnam and train the south Vietnamese to take over the fighting themselves
  6. 15. Sapir defense program to counter USSR nuclear threat
  7. 17. North Atlantic treaty organization; and alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by another country
  8. 18. First person to break the sound barrier
  9. 19. line of latitude that separates north and south Vietnamese
  10. 21. A congressional committee that investigated communist influence inside and outside the US government after WWll
  11. 22. Treaty signed in 1945 that formed an alliance of the Eastern Europe countries behind the iron curtain.
  12. 23. First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It lead to the creation of NASA and the Space Race.
  13. 24. Wisconsin senator that created a national witch hunt for socialist and communist inside the U.S. after WWll
Down
  1. 1. United states and soviet union emerged as superpowers and faced off in a face race that lasted nearly 50 years.
  2. 2. It pledged the US military and economic aid to Middle eastern nations threatened by Communist aggression.
  3. 3. Made the first orbital rocket powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962.
  4. 4. first man to walk the Moon
  5. 6. President Truman’s policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by commuinism or totalitarian ideology.
  6. 7. Eisenhower policy of using the treaty of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a diplomatic tool
  7. 9. A crisis in October 1962, the closest approach to nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR.
  8. 10. Secret government documents published in 1971
  9. 13. line of latitude that separated north and South Korea
  10. 14. 1965 act which guaranteed the right to vote for all Americans.
  11. 16. student nonviolent coordinating committee
  12. 20. Black Muslim leader who said blacks need to have separate society from whites