Cold War

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Across
  1. 3. Unfairly accusing people of disloyalty without evidence.
  2. 6. WAR State of hostility between the US and USSR without direct military conflict.
  3. 9. KHRUSHCHEV Soviet leader who emerged after Stalin.
  4. 10. S. TRUMAN President who established the policy of containment.
  5. 13. Island where the Chinese Nationalist government fled.
  6. 14. activists executed for passing atomic secrets.
  7. 16. NATIONS Countries dominated politically and economically by the Soviet Union.
  8. 17. MCCARTHY Senator who led "witch hunts" for Communists in government.
  9. 20. ZEDONG Communist leader who gained control of mainland China in 1949.
  10. 21. FOSTER DULLES Eisenhower’s Secretary of State; proponent of brinksmanship.
  11. 22. STALIN Soviet leader who established communist governments in Eastern Europe.
  12. 24. PACT Military alliance of the Soviet Union and its satellites.
  13. 25. Defensive military alliance of 10 Western European nations, the US, and Canada.
  14. 26. GARY POWERS U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960.
  15. 28. DOCTRINE US policy of providing aid to free nations threatened by opponents.
  16. 31. NATIONS International peacekeeping organization founded in 1945.
Down
  1. 1. Thermonuclear weapon more powerful than the atomic bomb.
  2. 2. List of people not allowed to work due to alleged Communist ties.
  3. 4. Congressional committee investigating Communist influence.
  4. 5. D. EISENHOWER US President who adopted the policy of brinksmanship.
  5. 6. KAI-SHEK Nationalist leader of China who fled to Taiwan.
  6. 7. Threatening massive military retaliation for any aggression.
  7. 8. Agency created to gather secret info and carry out covert operations.
  8. 11. PLAN US program supplying economic aid to European nations to rebuild.
  9. 12. WAR Conflict where the US supported the South.
  10. 15. DOCTRINE Commitment to defend the Middle East against Communism.
  11. 18. Policy of blocking another nation's attempts to spread its influence.
  12. 19. AIRLIFT 327-day operation flying food/supplies into West Berlin.
  13. 23. TEN Film industry witnesses who refused to cooperate with HUAC.
  14. 27. HISS Former State Department official accused of spying for the USSR.
  15. 29. INCIDENT 1960 downing of a US spy plane and capture of its pilot
  16. 30. PARALLEL Latitude line dividing North and South Korea.