Module Six Review

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Across
  1. 3. The launch of _____ accelerated the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union
  2. 5. U.S. program providing aid to non-Communist nations after World War II
  3. 11. Which policy was central to the foreign policy of every president from Truman through Johnson
  4. 12. The Korean War ended in a _____ (no winner)
  5. 14. 13 day event that was the closest the world has come to nuclear war
  6. 17. Type of bomb smaller and more powerful than the atomic bomb
  7. 18. Organization formed to support cooperative efforts to solve international problems
  8. 20. Group held accountable for war crimes during the Nuremberg Trials
  9. 21. Last name of husband and wife spies accused of giving atomic secrets to the Soviets
  10. 23. Scandal that led to the resignation of President Nixon
  11. 24. President who fired General MacArthur for insubordination during the Korean War
Down
  1. 1. Name given to a nation aligned with and under pressure from the Soviet Union
  2. 2. Organization like the United Nations supported by Wilson but never joined by the USA
  3. 4. Formed as a direct result of NATO
  4. 6. First nation to acquire atomic weapons after the United States
  5. 7. Movement critical of the "norms" of the time
  6. 8. Operation that occurred to bring supplies into Allied controlled Germany
  7. 9. "An _____ curtain has descended across the continent..." ~ Churchill speaking about the USSR
  8. 10. Name of the area that is now Vietnam, once controlled by France
  9. 11. Nation that supplied military aid to North Korea during the Korean War
  10. 13. Name given to a residential area outside of a city in which, historically, consisted of white residents only; expanded after WWII
  11. 15. Widespread fear of Communism; also called McCarthyism
  12. 16. Which president used the Gulf of Tonkin to escalate U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
  13. 19. Idea that if one nation becomes Communist, others will follow
  14. 22. Competition with the Soviet Union in space exploration led to the creation of which program?