Across
- 2. This country remained divided in half, with a communist north and a democratic south even after the war in the 1950s.
- 4. These were laws in the south that made segregation legal (second word is a black bird).
- 6. ___________, or lying under oath, was one of the charges against Bill Clinton during his impeachment.
- 10. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was conducted by this US agency to overthrow Fidel Castro, the Cuban's communist leader.
- 11. Which Russian leader helped to end communism in the USSR through his policy of perestroika?
- 15. What world leaders decided to do with Hitler since the world was experiencing the Great Depression and everyone wanted to avoid another WWI.
- 16. This 1964 Act outlaws discrimination in education, employment, public spaces, and provided minorities with protections.
- 17. President Truman pledged to support any nation fighting off communism with this doctrine named after him.
- 19. Economic condition in the 1970s created by high inflation combined with recession.
- 20. Gerald Ford is most remembered for writing one of these and excusing Nixon.
- 23. Who was the winner of the 2000 Presidential Election (which was a mess because of the hanging chads.)
- 24. What group of Americans did the US intern after the attack on Pearly Harbor?
- 25. Defense spending by this president bankrupted the USSR, pushed the US national budget sky-high, and led to a recession for George HW Bush.
- 26. The enemy during the Vietnam war was very hard to fight because they could blend in, had booby traps, secret tunnels, and seemed impossible to defeat.
Down
- 1. This market and its overinflated prices and risky loans led to the 2008 financial crisis.
- 3. On 9/11/01, terrorists used commercial __________ to attach the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.
- 5. What is the name given to the treatment of Jews and other "undesirable" groups by the Nazis?
- 7. Brown v. Board reversed "separate but equal" when it came to this:
- 8. The student-led program to protest segregation on interstate transportation systems, in which civil rights workers took buses through the south.
- 9. A resurgent conservative movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- 12. A policy that gives special consideration to women and minorities to make up for past discrimination
- 13. What was America's response to the formation of the EU (European Union)?
- 14. Which state did Bush get awarded all 25 electoral votes after a drawn out controversy in 2000?
- 18. Students stormed the US Embassy of this nation and took 66 Americans hostage.
- 19. Protest technique in which African Americans occupied a segregated establishment and demanded service. Generally used at diner counters.
- 21. Nixon's campaign workers broke into what offices in the Watergate complex? The ___________ National Committee.
- 22. This president (last name) signed DACA, the Affordable Care Act, and the 2009 Economic Stimulus Package while he was in office.