Unit 5: Global Powers

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Across
  1. 3. Period of geopolitical tension and logical conflict between the U.S. and USSR (1947-1991)
  2. 5. replaced horse-drawn carriages and public transportation in many areas leading to a ___-dependent culture.
  3. 7. Initially used for military observation of a region to locate an enemy, later in combat and bombing.
  4. 8. 28th president (1913-1921), led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy.”
  5. 9. Leader in the American Civil Rights Movement, advocated for nonviolent protest in the Civil Rights.
  6. 14. Pushed the Us towards war and further increased anti-German sentiment in the U.S.
  7. 16. Became a major tool for entertainment and political messaging after WWII.
  8. 17. 29th president(1921-1923) Focus on returning the country to normal. Signed the Budget and Accounting Act.
  9. 19. Her act sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the broader Civil Rights movement.
  10. 22. A massive drop in stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange which led to the Great Depression.
  11. 23. First global war (1914-1918)
  12. 24. A music genre that spread globally in the 20th century.
  13. 25. Most destructive global conflict 1939-1945
  14. 27. A domestic innovation that changed how household labor in the 20th century worked.
  15. 28. 32nd U.S. President (1933-1945) who led through the Great Depression and most of WWII.
  16. 29. Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during WWII; later 34th U.S. President (1953-1961)
  17. 30. Soviet leader who began reforms leading to USSR's collapse.
Down
  1. 1. Media used to influence public opinion during wars and political movements.
  2. 2. Armored vehicles first used in WWI to break trench warfare.
  3. 4. A period of intense political activism in the United States, aimed at securing equal rights for Black Americans.
  4. 6. of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The United States detonated two atomic bombs, forcing Japan to surrender and end WWII.
  5. 10. 35th U.S. President (1961-1963) Remembered for his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  6. 11. One of the most devastating outbreaks of disease in modern times.(555,000 died in the United States)
  7. 12. Founded Ford Motor Company. He wanted to make cars affordable for middle-class Americans.
  8. 13. Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism(M.A.I.N)
  9. 15. A competition between the United States and Soviet for space dominance during the Cold War.
  10. 18. 33rd U.S. President (1945-1953) widely remembered for his pivotal decisions during the end of World War II, specifically his approval of the atomic bomb drops on Japan
  11. 20. Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end WWII
  12. 21. Rapid-fire weapons that changed WWI battlefield tactics.
  13. 26. The attack led to the United States declaring war on Japan, marking U.S. entry into WWII.