apush unit 8 (1945-1980)

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Across
  1. 3. pledged to provide U.S. military and economic aid to any nation threatened by communism
  2. 5. Passed in 1951, the amendment that limits presidents to two terms of office
  3. 6. military forces to intervene in any country that appeared likely to fall to communism. Used in the Middle East.
  4. 8. US senator; claimed that their were Soviet spies and Communists within the government but had no evidence
  5. 10. International organization founded in 1945 to promote world peace and cooperation
  6. 11. Joint effort by the US and Britian to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all ground routes into the city
  7. 14. 1. outlawed closed shops and required union leaders to sign loyalty oath 2. required 80 day cooling off period before strike
  8. 15. liberal toward people but conservative about spending money
  9. 17. coined by Eisenhower, feared that the combined lobbying efforts of the armed services and industries that contracted with the military would lead to excessive Congressional spending
  10. 21. Required Communists to register and prohibited them from working for the government. Truman described it as a long step toward totalitarianism
Down
  1. 1. congressional committee formed in the 1930s to investigate perceived threats to democracy
  2. 2. struggle between communism (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence
  3. 4. idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control
  4. 7. the United States, Canada, and ten European nations formed this military mutual-defense pact
  5. 9. Provided for college or vocational training for returning WWII veterans as well as one year of unemployment compensation
  6. 12. established the Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Council
  7. 13. extension of the New Deal proposed by Harry Truman that called for higher minimum wage, housing and full employment
  8. 16. proposed massive and systematic American economic aid to Europe to revitalize the European economies after WWII and help prevent the spread of Communism
  9. 18. military forces to intervene in any country that appeared likely to fall to communism. Used in the Middle East.
  10. 19. Policy introduced by Truman after WWII that said the duty of the U.S. was to stop the spread of Communism and Soviet influence
  11. 20. Involved Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were American communists. They were executed for passing nuclear weapons secrets to the USSR