Chapter 15 Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea; site of major battle in the Korean War
  2. 7. former US government official who was accused of participating in a Communist spy ring
  3. 9. plan for the reconstruction of Europe after WWII announced by the US Secretary of State
  4. 11. policy that the US adopted in the late 1940s to stop the spread of communism; it involved providing economic aid in order to strengthen countries against the Soviets
  5. 12. a dramatic rise in the birthrate following WWII
  6. 17. committee formed in the House of Representatives in the 1930s to investigate radical groups in the US; it later came to focus on the threat of communism in the US during WWII and the Cold War
  7. 19. an international defense alliance formed in 1949
Down
  1. 1. document presented to the UN by the Commission on Human Rights that stated all human beings are created free and equal, and tried to set standards for human rights
  2. 2. an era of high tension and bitter rivalry known between the United States and the Soviet Union following the end of WWII
  3. 3. act that helped veterans make a smooth entry into civilian life by providing money for attending college or advanced job training
  4. 4. leader of the Chinese Nationalist government and a strong US ally; his government was defeated by the Communists in 1949
  5. 6. writers and directors who were thought to be radicals and called before HUAC; they refused to cooperate and were sentenced to short prison terms
  6. 8. term coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe an imaginary line dividing communist countries in the Soviet bloc from countries in Western Europe during the Cold War
  7. 10. plan proposed by President Truman that included a number of programs in the tradition of the New Deal
  8. 13. phrase used to describe the US intervention in Korea in 1950; the US never officially declared war
  9. 14. a program in which the US and Britain shipped supplies by air to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade of all routes to the city; lasted from 1948-1949
  10. 15. leader of the Chinese Communists; he led a successful revolution and established a Communist government in China
  11. 16. the name critics gave to Joseph McCarthy's tactic of spreading fear and making baseless charges
  12. 18. President Truman's pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism