US History EOC Significant Years

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Across
  1. 1. Spanish-American War - competes with European powers for territory - US acquires Philippines, Cuba, Guam, & Puerto Rico
  2. 3. World War I begins in Europe - US joins later than others supporting UK, France, and Italy - Wilson helps develop the League of Nations
  3. 5. United States lands on the moon ending the space race
  4. 7. Sputnik launched starting the Space Race within the Cold War
  5. 8. Barack Obama elected 44th president of the United States becoming the first black president
Down
  1. 1. World War II begins - US joins after Pearl Harbor - War in the Pacific ends with the US dropping the atomic bomb in Japan
  2. 2. Great Depression begins/Stock Market Crash
  3. 3. Cold War ends with the collapse of the Soviet Union - US foreign policy shifts focus to Southwest Asia (Middle East)
  4. 4. The US drops two nuclear bombs on Japan, ending WWII and starting the nuclear age
  5. 5. The year that contained a series of shocks: the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy; Tet Offensive; Prague Spring; Democratic convention riot; urban riots
  6. 6. 9/11 Attacks - War in Afghanistan and focus on terrorism begins