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7th Grade US History - Chapter 24 - Vocabulary

Across
A failed attempt on April 17, 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro, the Communist leader in Cuba.
Problems between the United States and the Soviet Union; they avoided direct military conflict, but they often disputed
A large amount of births after World War II as a result of many young couples postponing getting married or having children until after the war.
After Communist North Korea invaded non-Communist South Korea, the United States and the United Nations sent troops to attempt to drive the Communist troops out of South Korea.
The Sun Belt _____ was the relocation of Americans to the South and Southwest following World War II.
Type of executive branch of the United Nations.
The St. ______ Seaway was a joint project between the United States and Canada to deepen the St. Lawrence River and build canals and locks where necessary.
The _____ Plan offered aid even to Eastern European countries that were already subjected to Soviet control.
Harry Truman's twenty-one-point domestic program in which he proposed the GI Bill, increased aid to science and public education, and subsidized medical insurance.
Helped veterans move into civilian life by giving them many benefits including help finding jobs, money for education, and home purchases.
A peacekeeping organization of nations from around the world.
The Twenty-Third ________ gave the residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in national elections.
Civil Rights ______ was the Black Americans struggle for equality.
Kennedy's domestic agenda promised during his presidential campaign.
The ____ Doctrine called for giving military aid to support pro-Western, anti-Communist governments.
The Berlin _____ was a response to the Soviet Union's blockade to Berlin; For 321 days, the United States made more than 250,000 flights carrying nearly 2.5 million tons of supplies into West Berlin.
The _____ Council is the strongest part of the United Nations because it has the power to enforce UN policy with military action, includes five permanent member nations and ten nonpermanent members.
Down
Alliance for _____ a program to counter the growth of communism.
_____ v Board of Education is a 1954 Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that segregation in public schools violated the equal treatment guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.
General ____ is the Legislature branch of the United Nations.
The Cuban _____ Crisis is after receiving photographic evidence of nuclear missiles in Cuba, Kennedy blockaded Cuba and caused a tense stand off between the US and the Soviet Union. Khrushchev offered to remove the missiles if the US would promise not to invade Cuba.
A term used by Winston Churchill in a speech to describe the division of Europe into Communist and non-Communist nations.
An order forbidding a strike
The March on _____ was the biggest civil rights event of the sixties that took place in Washington, D.C., in August 1963. It was organized by Martin Luther King, Jr., and was to rally support for proposed civil rights legislation.
Rights guaranteed by the Constitution to all American citizens
The United States policy to contain communism and to stop the Soviets from taking over more governments.
Peaceful ____ is an agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to try to settle tensions between them without hostility and to arrange events to promote goodwill between them.
An alliance formed by the Soviet Union and other communist nations in response to NATO.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, formed in 1910, worked to end inequalities.
The ____ revolution was changes in American agriculture such as better irrigation methods and new insecticides, hybrid crops, machinery, and fertilizer.
The ____ Wall was a wall built around West Berlin to prevent East Germans from escaping into the free city of West Berlin.
______ laws sought to segregate black people from white people in public places, such as waiting rooms, and at public facilities, such as drinking fountains
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (________) is a joint alliance of nations agreeing to provide money, troops, and military equipment for mutual protection.