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Down: 1) born in 1924; opponent of the feminist movement; campaigned against the Equal Rights Amendment; founded her own pro-family movement; leader in the conservative movement2) born in Maryland in 1878; authored over 90 books and was a Pulitzer Prize winner; one of his early books, The Jungle, became a critically acclaimed expose of the meat packing industry and led to the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act3) born in 1882 and in 1921, he contracted the deadly disease of polio and was crippled for the rest of his life; elected 32nd President of the US; proposed the New Deal to combat economic depression; led the US during WW2; elected to 4 terms as President5) born in 1885; graduated from West Point; served as a member of General Pershing's staff in search of Pancho Villa; became the first member of the famous US Tank Corps; in WW2 he was with the allied forces during the invasion of North Africa, Sicily, and Italy; commanded the Third Army at the Battle of the Bulge7) born in 1911; he had a notable career as an actor as well as serving as governor of California; became the 40th President of the US; built the largest peacetime military in US history; he is given credit for playing a critical role in the fall of the Soviet Union and the ending of the Cold War9) born in 1913 in Tuskeegee, AL; best known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement;" she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Alabama to a white rider Across: 4) born in Missouri; appointed to West Point; guarded the frontier against Sioux and Apaches; fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American War; fought in the Philippines in 1903; took command of a troop of the 10th Calvary Regiment, one of the Buffalo Soldier regiments composed of African Americans and was nicknamed "Black Jack;" sent to the Mexican border to capture the revolutionary Mexican leader, Pancho Villa; in WW1 he was named Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces6) born in Pennsylvania in 1745; a prominent physician, writer and one of the founders of the United States of America; in the Sons of Liberty in Philadelphia; attended the Continental Congress; signed the Declaration of Independence; served as Surgeon General to the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; served as the Treasurer of the US Mint8) First Lady of the US; supported programs for youth employment and helped the poor during the Great Depression; fought for civil rights for African-Americans; visited American soldiers during WW2; helped craft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights10) born in El Paso, TX in 1930; first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 198111) born in New York City; educated at Harvard; gained national attention when he commanded the volunteer cavalry unit known as the "Rough Riders;" elected Governor of New York; elected 26th President of the US; known as the "trust buster;" won Nobel Peace Prize for helping to mediate the Russo-Japanese War
 

 

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