1945-1955 Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Theme park that opened in California in July 1955
  2. 5. Landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional
  3. 8. Agreement in 1953 that ended fighting in Korean War
  4. 11. Military alliance formed in 1949 to counter Soviet threat
  5. 12. First Soviet nuclear test of this item in 1949, ended US monopoly
  6. 13. 1948 U.S. aid program to rebuild Western Europe after WWII
  7. 14. Communist leader who founded People's Republic of China in 1949
  8. 15. Structure in a human body co-discovered in 1953 by Watson and Crick
  9. 16. Weapon whose development Truman approved in 1950; first tested 1952
Down
  1. 1. Polio vaccine announced successful in 1955 by Jonas Salk
  2. 3. 1955-1956 protest sparked by Rosa Parks' arrest
  3. 4. 1945 conference where Truman, Churchill/Attlee, and Stalin discussed German occupation
  4. 6. 1948-1949 Soviet attempt to starve West Berlin
  5. 7. Term from Churchill's 1946 speech describing Soviet division of Europe
  6. 9. Conflict that began in 1950 with North Korea invading South
  7. 10. City hit by second atomic bomb three days after the first