Cold War crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The U.S. response to the Soviet Union blockading Western Berlin
  2. 4. U.S. gave economic aid to help countries rebuild after World War II
  3. 5. New style of music that created generational divide
  4. 7. The imaginary boundary between the communist and noncommunist world
  5. 9. Soviet satellite - launch started the "Space Race"
  6. 10. Helped World War II veterans get housing loans, funding for education, and jobs
  7. 11. Successful example of containment - U.S. prevents South Korea from falling to communism
  8. 14. Showed capitalism worked better than communism (means buying lots of stuff)
  9. 15. President Kennedy "quarantined" this country with a naval blockade after finding Soviet missiles there
  10. 16. Group of writers & artists who rejected materialism and conformity of 1950s life
Down
  1. 1. Communist country that supported North Korea during the Korean War
  2. 2. U.S. helped Turkey and Greece resist communist takeover
  3. 6. Mutual defense alliance of democratic countries (U.S.A., Canada, Britain, France, etc)
  4. 8. Stands for National Defense Education Act - gave schools money for math and science programs
  5. 12. Competition to have the most powerful arsenal of weapons
  6. 13. Mutual defense alliance of communist countries (Soviet Union, East Germany, Poland, etc)