Cold War Review

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Across
  1. 2. / The practice of making serious accusations without providing proof.
  2. 7. / In March 1947 announced economic aid would be given to countries fighting communism.
  3. 8. / System of government in which the Communist party controls the political, economic, cultural, and social life of the people; economic system in which society as a whole owns all means of production, distribution, & exchange of goods.
  4. 9. / Important line during the Korean War
  5. 12. of Rights / Passed in 1944 offered veterans generous benefits such as affordable home loans, business loans, and financial aid for college.
  6. 16. / Moon plan that called for 2 rockets & 1 vehicle
  7. 17. / The program that was the essential step to landing on the moon.
  8. 20. / McCarthy's committee
  9. 23. / U.S. plan to help European nations rebuild after WW II.
  10. 24. / Reported about McCarthyism and attacked McCarthy on his news show.
  11. 25. / Policy of preventing the expansion of a communist power.
  12. 27. / Russia's control of travel & communication between East Europe and the West.
  13. 29. / Neutral countries like Switzerland, Sweden, India.
  14. 32. / Period after WW II (1945-1989) of strong rivalry between the Soviet Union & the U.S.
  15. 33. / Person or small group who holds complete authority.
Down
  1. 1. / System of investing in a business to make a profit.
  2. 3. / Belief that if one nation falls to communism, other nations in the area would also fall.
  3. 4. / Type of government controlled by a single person or party; suppressing freedom and controlling every aspect of life.
  4. 5. / For all people to have the same rights
  5. 6. / One of many countries in E. Europe under control of Soviet Union.
  6. 10. / Joseph McCarthy's nickname
  7. 11. / Moon plan that called for 1 rocket & 2 vehicles
  8. 13. / Refusing to hire suspected Communists.
  9. 14. / German city divided into sectors after WW II; reunited in 1989.
  10. 15. / Moon plan that called for 1 rocket & 1 vehicle
  11. 18. / 3rd political party formed in the 1948 election.
  12. 19. / Made McDonald's expand from a small business to a worldwide empire.
  13. 21. / Information spread to support your ideas.
  14. 22. / When the Soviet Union closed off all traffic to Berlin, Truman ordered a massive airlift to supply Berlin's 2 million people. For more than 10 months, British & U.S. planes dropped food, medicine, clothing, raw materials, & coal to Berlin.
  15. 26. / 1955 Military alliance between Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, CZ, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, & Albania.
  16. 28. / Competition mainly between the Soviet Union & the U.S. to develop powerful new weapons.
  17. 30. / Moon rock consisting of the moon's original crust.
  18. 31. / NASA's darkest hour