Early Cold War

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Across
  1. 1. men came back from war and got married to their sweethearts and lots of babies were born
  2. 7. the concept if one country falls to communism, especially asian countries, the countries around it will fall as well, like dominos
  3. 8. finding people and interrogating and imprisoning people who are suspected of being communist, usually against their constitutional rights, like the 4th amendment
  4. 11. was a group of directors, actors, producers,etc. who refused to cooperate with HUAC and were blacklisted and arrested for contempt of Congress
  5. 12. is the policy to contain communism where it exists and not let it spread anywhere else
  6. 13. countries that form a treaty'alliance after WW2 to protect each other from communism
  7. 15. the soviets reacted to the merge by blockading West Berlin - cut off all highways and railroad links to the West
Down
  1. 2. military spending increases to build up the military. US does fine, Russia suffers financially
  2. 3. offered military and economic aid to any democratic nation under threat from authoritarian forces
  3. 4. US was only one with nuclear capabilities, this protection now extended to all NATO members
  4. 5. the line on the map that separates democratic countries from communist countries
  5. 6. massive aid be given to countries recovering from WWII to help rebuild their economies
  6. 9. began in the 1920s after WWI and continuing after WW2 again,the fear communists. Red stands for communism
  7. 10. 1950s music. Elvis.
  8. 14. Servicemen's Readjustment Act, paid for college and homes