Unit 8 Crossword

2. War Long period of tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union with no direct war
4. Society Government programs in the 1960s designed to reduce poverty and improve life
5. War Long war (1955–1975) where the U.S. tried to stop communism in Vietnam
8. Rights Act Law that ended segregation in public places in the United States
9. Doctrine U.S. policy that promised help to countries fighting communism
11. Plan U.S. plan that gave money to help rebuild Europe after World War II
12. U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism
15. Period in the Cold War when tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union decreased
17. Scare Fear of communism spreading inside the United States
18. U.S. president who resigned due to the Watergate scandal
19. Pact Soviet military alliance created in response to NATO

1. Political scandal that led to a U.S. president resigning
3. Rock Nine Group of African American students who integrated a white high school in Arkansas
6. Practice of accusing people of being communists without strong evidence
7. War War from 1950–1953 where the U.S. fought to stop communism in Korea
10. Bus Boycott Protest where African Americans refused to ride buses in Montgomery, Alabama
12. Missile Crisis 1962 crisis where the U.S. and Soviet Union almost fought a nuclear war
13. Military alliance between the U.S. and Western countries during the Cold War
14. Luther King Jr. Civil rights leader known for using peaceful protest
16. v Board of Education Supreme Court case that ended segregation in public schools