Across
- 2. When world wars 1 and 2 first began, the United states remained _______
- 6. This act of civil disobedience involved blacks going to segregated restaurants and refusing to leave, despite harassment
- 9. The first Japanese city to have the atomic bomb dropped on it
- 13. this international organization was proposed by Woodrow Wilson at the end of World War 1 as a way to prevent future wars
- 15. John F. Kennedy was president when the US government helped Cuban refugees invade Cuba and overthrow its dictator (it failed)
- 16. The United States and Western Europe formed this defense alliance after WWII (and still exists)
- 17. This democratic president called for the 'New Deal'
Down
- 1. Aside from individuals (like Hitler), or countries (like Japan) one could say that the Allies in WWII fought against __________.
- 3. This provided cheap loans to soldiers after World war 2, making it easier to buy a home
- 4. Plessy v. Ferguson is the Supreme Court case that legalized _________
- 5. the great depression occurred during this decade
- 7. large federal program intended to create jobs for the unemployed during the great depression
- 8. The Truman _________ was a foreign policy that shaped the American approach to the Cold War
- 10. this means stoking fears among ones countrymen, and comes from a certain politician who claimed communists lurked in the US government
- 11. This was the most Important battle of WWII that allowed the allies to retake France (and soon after, Europe)
- 12. Woody Guthrie sang songs about the _______ ________
- 14. The USA fought a war here that was the first major conflict of the Cold War.