Unit 7 Historic Figures: Cold War to Modern Day

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Across
  1. 2. labor leader who fought for the rights of farm workers.
  2. 4. President in the 1990s who was impeached but remained in office.
  3. 6. President who promoted Reaganomics and took a strong stance against communism.
  4. 7. U.S. president who helped start the Cold War policies and ended WWII.
  5. 9. First African American U.S. president, elected in 2008.
  6. 10. WWII general and U.S. president who built the interstate highway system.
  7. 14. Dictator of Iraq involved in the Gulf War and later conflicts.
  8. 16. Terrorist leader responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
  9. 17. leader of the Civil Rights Movement who promoted nonviolent protest and gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
  10. 18. Leader of the Soviet Union who helped end the Cold War.
  11. 19. U.S. senator and brother of JFK who supported civil rights; assassinated in 1968.
  12. 21. U.S. leader who created the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe.
  13. 23. U.S. president during the Cold War; assassinated in 1963.
Down
  1. 1. U.S. general who led American forces in Vietnam.
  2. 3. U.S. politician who ran for president in 2012.
  3. 4. Communist leader of Cuba during the Cold War.
  4. 5. Author of Silent Spring who helped start the environmental movement.
  5. 8. President who took office after Nixon resigned.
  6. 11. President who resigned after the Watergate scandal and worked to end the Vietnam War.
  7. 12. President during 9/11 who started the War on Terror.
  8. 13. The man accused of assassinating JFK.
  9. 15. President known for human rights efforts and dealing with the Iran hostage crisis.
  10. 17. Senator who led a campaign accusing people of being communists without proof.
  11. 20. man who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr.
  12. 22. President who passed major civil rights laws and expanded the Vietnam War.