US History Final Exam Review Part 1

Edit Answers
1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
Across
  1. 5. The theory of Supply Side ______________ states that lowering tax rates on business actually increases revenue to the goverment due to expanded business activity
  2. 6. Brown vs. Board of Ed. stated that _____________________ was unconstitutional
  3. 9. _________________ is the process by which prices gradually rise over time
  4. 10. The ________________ and the larger Cold War were caused by the fear of the global spread of communism
  5. 16. Increased military spending during the 1980s under Reagan led to an __________________ in the budget defict
  6. 17. ____________________ led to the stock market crash
  7. 22. Presidents Johnson and FDR established more agencies designed to help raise the standard of living of poor Americans by creating many ________________ programs
  8. 23. Truman hoped to stop the spread of communism by using a policy of _______________________
  9. 25. The Camp David ________________ led to a peace treaty between Isreal and Egypt
  10. 27. One reason the US interviened in Vietnam was because of the _________________ Theory
  11. 28. President Johnson's Great ________________ program focused on helping fight a War on Poverty and helping America's poor
Down
  1. 1. The League of Nations and the United ___________ (or UN) are organizations designed to try and prevent wars and solve international disputes
  2. 2. It is commonly believed that the switchover to a war economy for WW2 helped to bring an end to the Great _____________________
  3. 3. By putting Japanese Americans in camps turing WW2 the government suspended their _______________ Rights
  4. 4. The laws desiged to keep African Americans from voting (______________________)were largely eliminated by the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  5. 7. Starting in the 1950's the Middle East became more important due to the Suez Canal and the increase demand for ___________
  6. 8. The Cuban __________________ Crisis almost led to nuclear war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
  7. 11. The Social Security Act helped those who lost their jobs by establishing __________________ insurance
  8. 12. MLK helped to organize and lead the ________________ Bus Boycott to protest racial segregation on city buses
  9. 13. FDR attempted to gain control over the Supreme Court during his "courtpacking" scandal by expanding the number of ______________ on the court (who would side with him)
  10. 14. U.S. relations with ____________________ American countries was improved by FDR's Good Neighbor Policy
  11. 15. The _________________ Airlift was a very successful US operation during the Cold War
  12. 18. The Social Security Act set up _______________ for elderly Americans who no longer worked
  13. 19. Both eras of The Red Scare and McCarthyism were based on fears of _______________________
  14. 20. When Iraq invaded Kuwait the US launched The ______________ Gulf War to liberate our ally Kuwait
  15. 21. Sen. Joseph McCarthy convened the "Un-American Activities Committee" hearings to try and get rid of individuals in the US government ______________ of being communistists
  16. 24. ______________________, otherwise known as the North American Treaty Organization
  17. 26. Nixon chose to __________________ from office rather than face impeachment during the Watergate scandal
  18. 29. The US has fought wars against the middle east nation of ___________ twice in the last 20 years