U.S. History Vocabulary Crossword

first to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
WPA photographer most known for her photographs of migrant workers
talks given by FDR to explain government policies in a reassuring, informative fashion
a monetary system where a country's currency or paper money has a value directly linked to gold.
money that has value because the government has ordered that it is an acceptable means to pay debts
attempt by FDR to increase the size of the Supreme Court so judges favorable to his policies would be appointed
France and Britain gave in to Hitler's demands in hopes he would be satisfied and prevent a war.
1944 Supreme Court case in which the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese Americans.
Army Chief of Staff during WWII who urged military preparedness before Pearl Harbor
A forced march of American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II.
1942 World War II battle between the United States and Japan, a turning point in the war in the Pacific.
Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists.
(HUAC) committee formed in the House of Representatives in the 1930s to investigate radical groups in the United States
The term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy
Arkansas Govenor who went against the Supreme Court and told his troops to refuse the nine black students who were trying to enter Little Rock Highschool.
He was a segregationist who became governor of Georgia.
organized fight against discrimination faced by Latinos in education, employment and the legal system
Decided that the segregation of children of Mexican descent in the public school system in Texas was illegal.
This attack on U.S. forces by Vietnamese communists in 1968 made Americans realize that the U.S. was not close to winning the war in Vietnam.
A political term that came into wide use during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, it was most frequently used to describe public skepticism about the Lyndon B. Johnson administration's statements and policies on the Vietnam War.
A name given by President Nixon to the Moderate, mainstream Americans who quietly supported his Vietnam War policies
critic of the Women's Liberation Movement and campaigned against the Equal Rights Amendment because she believed it would reduce the rights of wives and harm family life.
Strategic Defense Initiative pursued by Reagan in the 1980s; involved satellite defense against missiles
Conservative think-tank ideological interest group.
the north central and northeastern states where major manufacturing centers were once dominant
development of Protestant fundamentalism, they became energized about politics and social actions
law passed due to 9/11 attacks
an extremely destructive and deadly tropical cyclone that is tied with Hurricane Harvey of 2017