United States History Final

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Across
  1. 2. Churchill’s description of the stranglehold that communism had in Eastern Europe and the title of his speech at Westminister College in Fulton, Mo.
  2. 5. First man to walk on the moon.
  3. 7. These rights were to be extended to accused criminals based on this 1966 case in Arizona.
  4. 8. First Pizza Hut was here in 1958.
  5. 10. Interstate Highway System was part of his administration.
  6. 12. “War” that ensued after WWII between the United States and Eastern Europe.
  7. 16. Minimum wage in 1956.
  8. 18. First African-American Major League Baseball player.
  9. 21. United States 200th birthday.
  10. 23. Commanding General of U.S. forces in the Pacific who stated “I shall return” after he was ordered to retreat to Australia.
  11. 25. One of 60,000 Jews who fled to the United States during WWII.
  12. 26. Time period of strained relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Down
  1. 1. City liberated by American troops in August of 1944.
  2. 3. City that was sued by Oliver Brown due to segregation of public schooling.
  3. 4. Term first coined by a Cleveland disc jockey in 1953.
  4. 6. “Project” to develop an atomic bomb.
  5. 9. Nixon was the first U.S. president to travel to this country.
  6. 11. Entire U.S. Pacific Fleet was moved here in 1939.
  7. 13. When the value of the dollar decreases due to an overabundance of currency in relation to the proportion of goods and services.
  8. 14. Adult’s favorite T.V. show in the 1950s.
  9. 15. The 24th amendment outlawed this.
  10. 17. Presidential scandal in 1972.
  11. 19. Stamped on items supplied by the U.S. military. (abbv.)
  12. 20. Where the University of Oklahoma is; the fourth letter of the alphabet; and it was “stormed” by U.S. troops in 1944.
  13. 22. First company to adopt the “franchise” concept.
  14. 24. First television network to broadcast in color.