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Down: 1) born in NY; considered one of the Founding Fathers; sent to Paris with John Adams and Ben Franklin to negotiate the peace treaty with England after the war; first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Governor of NY for two terms2) as a young man, his family fled the Mexican Revolution; attended the University of Texas and earned his medical degree; served in the Medical Corps during WW2; founded the American GI forum; awarded the American Medal of Freedom in 19843) born in Jamaica, he became the first African American to speak openly and publicly about African nationalism; he believed the only way African Americans were going to achieve equality was to return to Africa and build a great nation of their own4) leading civil rights activist; organizing movements that would help provide more rights for immigrant workers; cofounded the Untied Farm Workers of America in 1962 with Cesar Chavez; directed the national grape industry agreeing to collective bargaining rights of workers; chaired the Democratic national convention in 19725) writer and activist who was instrumental in creating the National Organization for Women; given credit for the modern women's movement; a key leader in the struggle for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment; lobbied the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to support laws that prohibited sex discrimination in the workplace Across: 1) elected President of the Second Continental Congress; the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence; served as the first Governor of Massachusetts and died while serving his ninth term; known for his patriotism and dedication to the American cause for independence5) born in 1955, became interested in computers at an early age; created Microsoft; instrumental in philanthropic work, providing funding for many charities6) served as a US Senator from Arizona from 1953-1965 and 1969-1987; was the Republican candidate for President in 1964 who was defeated by Lyndon B. Johnson in one of the biggest landslides in US history7) a leading religious revivalist as well as a spiritual and moral advisor to many US Presidents8) elected to the US Senate from Ohio in 1914; elected as the 29th President of the US but died before completing his term
 

 

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