Cold War
Across
- 3. Unfairly accusing people of disloyalty without evidence.
- 6. WAR State of hostility between the US and USSR without direct military conflict.
- 9. KHRUSHCHEV Soviet leader who emerged after Stalin.
- 10. S. TRUMAN President who established the policy of containment.
- 13. Island where the Chinese Nationalist government fled.
- 14. activists executed for passing atomic secrets.
- 16. NATIONS Countries dominated politically and economically by the Soviet Union.
- 17. MCCARTHY Senator who led "witch hunts" for Communists in government.
- 20. ZEDONG Communist leader who gained control of mainland China in 1949.
- 21. FOSTER DULLES Eisenhower’s Secretary of State; proponent of brinksmanship.
- 22. STALIN Soviet leader who established communist governments in Eastern Europe.
- 24. PACT Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellites.
- 25. Defensive military alliance of 10 Western European nations, the US, and Canada.
- 26. GARY POWERS U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960.
- 28. DOCTRINE US policy of providing aid to free nations threatened by opponents.
- 31. NATIONS International peacekeeping organization founded in 1945.
Down
- 1. Thermonuclear weapon more powerful than the atomic bomb.
- 2. List of people not allowed to work due to alleged Communist ties.
- 4. Congressional committee investigating Communist influence.
- 5. D. EISENHOWER US President who adopted the policy of brinksmanship.
- 6. KAI-SHEK Nationalist leader of China who fled to Taiwan.
- 7. Threatening massive military retaliation for any aggression.
- 8. Agency created to gather secret info and carry out covert operations.
- 11. PLAN US program supplying economic aid to European nations to rebuild.
- 12. WAR Conflict where the US supported the South.
- 15. DOCTRINE Commitment to defend the Middle East against Communism.
- 18. Policy of blocking another nation's attempts to spread its influence.
- 19. AIRLIFT 327-day operation flying food/supplies into West Berlin.
- 23. TEN Film industry witnesses who refused to cooperate with HUAC.
- 27. HISS Former State Department official accused of spying for the USSR.
- 29. INCIDENT 1960 downing of a US spy plane and capture of its pilot
- 30. PARALLEL Latitude line dividing North and South Korea.