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Down: 2) 1973 supreme court decision that made abortion legal (except in the last months of pregnancy)3) the lessening of tensions between nations, began between the united states and the soviet union and communist china during the presidency of nixon 4) jellylike substance dropped from us planes during the vietnam conflict that horribly burned the skin of anyone who came into contact with it, sometimes accidently dropped on friendly villagers 5) primarily protestant movement that grew beginning in the 1970's and pushed to return morality to the forefront in american life and politics 7) october 20, 1973 event when richard nixon ordered firing of archbald cox the special investigator in charge of the watergate investigation 8) major concept of the us containment policy that held that if one country in a region turned communist, other surrounding countries would follow 9) 1944 legislation that gave many benefits to returning ww2 veterans 10) 1972 treaty signed by richard nixon and soviet premeir brezhnev limiting the development of additional nuclear weapon systems and defense systems to stop them 11) protests at the university of california at berkeley in 1964 and 1965 that opposed the control that the university and the establishment in general had over the lives of university students 13) created in response to 1947 requests by greece and turkey for us assistance to defend themselves against pro soviet elements in their countries this policy provided that the united states would be ready to assist any free nation trying to defend itself against armed minorities of outside pressures 15) group originally founded in oakland california, to protect blacks from police harassment, promoted militant black power also ran social programs in several california cities 17) a major scandal in the reagan administration in which government officials sold weapons to iran (hoping this would help free american hostages help in lebanon) money from this sale was used to aid anticommunist contra forces in nicaragua 21) most powerful nations of the post-ww2 era; the united states and the ussr 25) social trend of post ww2, emphasis on family as a source of fulfillment caused some women to leave the workforce and achieve satisfaction as homemakers 26) conflict between 1950 and 1953 in which the united states and other united nation forces fought to stop communist aggression against south korea 31) large increase in the us bithrate that began in 1945 and lasted until 1962 32) a series of domestic programs proposed by congress by president truman that included a fair employment practices act, a call for government construction of public housing, and extension of social security and a proposal to ensure employment for all american workers 33) program announced by president johnson in 1965 to attach the social problems in the united states 34) sets the price for crude oil and determines how much of it will be produced 35) youth of the 1960's who espoused a lifestyle encompassing drug use free love and a rejection of adult authority 41) american reconnaissance aircraft shot down over the soviet union in 1960, created an increase in cold war tensions at the end of the eisenhower presidency 42) first man made satellite sent into space accomplished by the soviet union in 1957 44) formed in 1966 to publicize inequalities for women in the workplace, its later focus turned to social issues and the unsuccessful effort to pass an equal rights amendment 48) program instituted in 1964 that sent volunteers to help poor americans living in both urban and rural settings

Across: 1) concrete structure built in 1961 by the soviets to physically divide the capital of germany between the democratic western sector and the communist eastern sector of the german capital 4) a series of policies during the nixon administration that began to give some power back to the states that had always been held by the federal government 6) betty friedans 1963 book that maintained that the post ww2 emphasis on family forced women to think of themselves primarily as housewives and robbed them of much of their creative potential 12) 1979 seizure of the american embassy workers in tehran, iran, by islamic fundamentalists in which american embassy workers were take hostage, hostages were freed on january 20 1981 immediately after the inauguration of ronald reagan 14) the dominant us policy of the cold war era whereby the us would forcibly stop communist aggression whenever and wherever it occured 16) us and british pilots flew in food and fuel to west berlin during the late 1948 and early 1949 because of the soviet blockade of west berlin 18) the boundary between north korea and south korea after the korean war 19) the conservative movement that began in the 1960's and emphasized the themes of patriotism and smaller government and a return to traditional values 20) 1954 victory of vietnamese forces over the french, causing the french to leave vietnam and all of indochina, geneva peace accords that followed established north and south vietnam 22) over 200000 came to washington for this august 1963 event demanding civil rights for blacks. a key moment was martin luther king i have a dream speech 23) 1949 alliance of the united states and most of the western european nations 24) president reagans strategic missle defense system that contributed to the end of communism in the soviet union 27) a war that is fought between two or more nations backed by superpowers, rather than a direct conflict between the super powers themselves 28) the break in to democratic campaign headquaters carried out by individuals associated with the effort to re elect president nixon in 1972 and the subsequent coverup carried out by these individuals and nixon 29) spurred by malcolm x and other black leaders, a call for black pride and advancement without the help of whites 30) the program of president kennedy to revitalize america at home and to reenergize america for continued battles against the soviet union 33) 1964 congressional resolution that gave president johnson the authority to take all necessary measures to repel attacks against american military forces in vietnam 36) in his 1968 presidential campaign, richard nixons description of the average responsible citizens who formed the heart of american society 37) moscow debate between premier khrushchev and vice president nixon over the economic power of the united states and the soviet union 38) one of president lyndon johnsons war on poverty programs that gave substantial funding for a nursery school program to prepare children of poor parents for kindergarten 39) the belief that women should have the same rights and benefits in american society as men do 40) site of 1970 anti war protest where ohio national guardsmen fired on protestors, killing 4 43) an economic situation of the early 1970's in which inflation and signs of economic recession occurred at the same time 45) churchills term to describe the division that the soviet union had created between itself and its eastern european allies and western europe and the united states 46) a nonpartisan committee whose goal was to reelect president nixon in 1972 47) president nixons list of his supposed personal enemies 49) the process began by president nixon of removing american troops from vietnam and turning more of the fighting of the vietnam war over to the south vietnamese 50) period between 1945 and 1991 of near continuous struggle between the united states and its allies and the soviet union and its allies 51) theory adopted by president reagan stating that economic growth would be best encourage by lowering the taxes on wealthy businessmen and investors, this would give them more cash which they would use to start new businesses stimulating the american economy 52) atomic weapon much more powerful than those used at hiroshima and nagasaki, developed and repeatedly tested by both the united states and the soviet union in the 1950's 53) 1947 congressional legislation that aided the owners in potential labor disputes 54) legislation that made discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, of national origin illegal, segregation in public restrooms, bus stations, and other public facilities was also declared illegal

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