Across
- 5. House Un-American Activities Committee that investigated suspected communists
- 6. Congress on Racial Equality which led actions to protest against segregation and inequality
- 10. Court case resulting in the banning of segregation in education
- 11. OPEC nations refusal to supply oil to the US because of their support of Israel
- 13. Court case that declared that it was legal to use race as a factor when determining whether a student should be accepted at a university
- 14. Court case which led to the people having to understand their right to discuss with an attorney before being questioned
- 15. Program created by John F Kennedy that recruited volunteers to work in developing countries for two year periods
- 16. African American woman who protested against unfair laws by refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger
- 17. Agreement for Israel and Egypt to recognize each other as nations
- 19. US policy towards the three communist nations, China, Vietnam and the Soviet Union
- 21. Attempt to improve relations with communist nations
- 23. Scare that nuclear war would erupt between the US and the Soviet Union when the US discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba
- 25. Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan in response to an anticommunist movement
- 29. Power given to the US president to do what he saw necessary to contain communism in Vietnam
- 30. First female to run as vice-president for a major political party in a national election in the US
- 31. Soviet leader whose policies led to the end of the Cold War
- 34. Whim Inflation Now campaign to reduce inflation
- 37. Economic policy of lowering taxes among upper classes to stimulate economic growth
- 38. Court case which resulted in buses being provided to take children to public schools to attempt to decrease racial inequality in schools
- 39. First man-made satellite to orbit the earth, sent to space by the Soviet Union
- 40. Promise for the US to support nations attempting to fight communism
- 43. Name given to Ronald Reagan’s plan to protect the US from Soviet nuclear weapons using a laser system in space
- 44. plan to withdraw US troops from Vietnam and replace them with soldiers from South Vietnam
- 45. Court case which led to the right for people who could not afford an attorney in a court case to have one provided for them
- 49. Event in the Vietnam War in which American troops killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians leading to outrage among US anti-war protestors
- 51. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee that peacefully advocated for more rights for African-Americans
- 52. People who wanted change but didn’t express their opinions
- 56. Peaceful protests in which students waited patiently to be served at segregated lunch counters
- 57. African-American lawyer who won a case ending segregation in education
- 60. Lyndon Johnson’s plan to reform the United States
- 61. Turning point of Vietnam War when Americans began to doubt they could win the war and the anti-war movement increased
- 62. Kennedy’s plans to advance and progress America
- 64. Increase in birthrates in the US after WWII
- 65. Location of a government scandal that led Nixon to resign
- 66. Districts surrounding cities that grew after WWII
Down
- 1. Simultaneous high levels of inflation and unemployment
- 2. Court case that resulted in abortion becoming legal
- 3. Failed uprising against Fidel Castro in Cuba
- 4. A policy attempting to decrease tensions caused by communism
- 7. Shooting of John F Kennedy in Dallas Texas on November 7th 1963
- 8. Methods of indirectly preventing African-Americans from voting
- 9. First woman to hold a seat in the US Supreme Court
- 10. Young Americans in the 1950’s who challenged the bland suburban lifestyle
- 12. Issue in which 52 Americans were held hostage while Iranians demanded the return of their previous leader in exchange for their lives
- 18. A civil rights law attempting to improve education in the US
- 20. Act banning discrimination based on race or gender in public places
- 22. Act banning unfair methods of preventing African-Americans from voting
- 24. Court case declaring that segregation was legal as long as it was equal
- 26. Location of a nuclear power plant leak that decreased trust in this energy source
- 27. Scandal involving government officials selling weapons in Iran and using the money they made to support guerrillas in Nicaragua
- 28. Member of the Nation of Islam who promoted this religion among African-Americans and disagreed with nonviolent protests
- 32. Creator of the United Farm Workers who advocated for better conditions and higher pay
- 33. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that fought for more rights for African-Americans
- 35. Canal thats ownership was transferred back to the country in which it is located under President Carter
- 36. Peaceful activist for equal civil rights in America
- 38. Southern Christian Leadership Convention that peacefully resisted against Jim Crow laws
- 41. Buses of black and white students that travelled between states to protest against segregation in interstate travel
- 42. New invention that became very popular in the US in the 1950’s as a source of entertainment and information
- 46. Group created to violently oppose police brutality against African Americans through the use of weapons
- 47. Failed second Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty to limit the numbers of nuclear weapons in the US and the USSR
- 48. Tactic of coming very close to war but backing down before actual conflict
- 50. Act that increased government power during WWII
- 53. Central Intelligence Agency that attempted to repress communism in the Cold War
- 54. National Aeronautics and Space Association created to catch up with the Soviet Union in the space race
- 55. Violent protests against racism in LA
- 58. Political party that supported traditional values of family and religion
- 59. National Organization for Women that worked to promote equal rights for women in America
- 63. Government organization created to protect the environment