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Across
  1. 2. A response to poverty, and the belief it can be eradicated. Clue: There were 5 founding fathers.
  2. 6. (2 words) In Churchill’s Fulton Speech, eastern Europe was now cut off from the free world by this.
  3. 11. (2 words) An American initiative enacted to provide foreign aid of $17 billion, to get Europe’s economy going.
  4. 12. (2 words) This promoted some of the qualities needed for
  5. 13. (2 words) an organized group of workers with the goals of increased wages, shorter hours, and safer work conditions.
  6. 14. Sought for less government intervention in economics.
  7. 16. (2 words) This man’s economics was called “Voodoo Economics” by George Bush Sr.
  8. 18. (2 words) The quest for all rights began with this.
  9. 23. “Mr. _________, tear down this wall”.
  10. 24. This occurs when inflation goes up while the economy is retracting, or stagnant.
  11. 26. (2 words) When the consumer (the market) is free to make the decision on what to buy, and therefore, the consumer determines what will be produced.
  12. 28. (2 words) This is when Khrushchev condemned the crimes committed by his predecessor, destroyed his image as a perfect leader, and promised a return to socialist equality.
  13. 30. This clashes with capitalism.
  14. 37. (2 words) Also known as a centrally planned economy. A system in which the government makes all economic decisions.
  15. 43. Trying to make things better for the common man through an increased role of government. Clue: People who led this were mostly educated, white and middle class. This made life safer.
  16. 44. This is the result of when the supply of money is too high, which causes the value of money to decrease.
  17. 45. A brutal totalitarian technique which was used to instill fear.
  18. 46. An example of this was when Stalin used the government to control Soviet education, the economy, and even music and the arts.
  19. 47. The name for openness in public discussions regarding current and historical problems.
  20. 48. This means working for wages, those who do not own the means
  21. 49. Restructuring of the Soviet economy.
  22. 50. (3 words) This idea or theory was essentially “created” by Fredrich Hayek and is a return to classical liberalism in the belief that the market is not wrong.
  23. 51. (3 words) This was created around Lenin’s memory after his death, making it easier for Stalin to create one around himself as well.
  24. 52. What Thomas Hobbes was the champion of.
Down
  1. 1. (2 words) Although a time of great wealth for some, it was a time of economic hardship for most. Immigrants from Europe came to North America looking for work and opportunity.
  2. 3. Under Stalin, this was used to promote Stalin and silence anyone and anything that might reflect badly on him.
  3. 4. A belief that entails the ideas of “every person for themselves” and self-reliance.
  4. 5. (2 words) He was an exiled German, living in industrial England who was unhappy with capitalism and the negative aspects of industrialization.
  5. 7. (2 words) An example of this group would be the CHEKA or the KGB. They monitored telephone lines, read mail, planted spies, and arrested/executed millions of traitors.
  6. 8. This individual glorified his part in building the nation, portraying himself as Russia’s greatest leader.
  7. 9. (2 words) This form of government includes things like unemployment insurance and old age pensions. This is typified by the Social Security Act of 1935 and is based on the principles of equal opportunity.
  8. 10. (3 words) 9/11 happened under his presidency which was a major event that shaped the foreign policy of the United States.
  9. 15. (2 words) The division of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’. Clue: They fought against each other.
  10. 17. (2 words) A defensive agreement reached by the Soviet Union and its satellite states.
  11. 19. Sought for more government intervention in economics.
  12. 20. A belief that we live as a community and that “the needs of many outweigh the needs of the few”.
  13. 21. (3 words) Also known as Keynesian economics, and is based on the idea that the government should intervene in the economy.
  14. 22. When every worker refuses to work.
  15. 25. (3 words) The business cycle is something that is accepted in this type of economy.
  16. 27. (3 words) A military strategy with the use of nuclear weapons from two sides. One of the stages of the Cold War.
  17. 29. Wrote Mein Kempf and was known as the Fuehrer.
  18. 31. (3 words) This event laid the foundations for future generations and the development of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
  19. 32. Stalin was determined to do this to the nation. As he was successful at it, consumer goods were ignored and there were severe shortages of housing, food, clothing, and other necessary goods.
  20. 33. Talking tough and hoping the other person will back down. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 is the classic example of this.
  21. 34. Used commonly by political leaders to sway people to accept certain beliefs or actions. For example, poster art.
  22. 35. (2 words) Actions taken to stimulate the economy which include how government spending leads to more jobs which leads to more consumer spending etcetera.
  23. 36. This is the result of when the supply of money is too low, which results in the reduction of production causing widespread unemployment.
  24. 38. production. Another name for the working class.
  25. 39. (2 words) The name for when the Vietnamese army would hide in an elaborate tunnel system and attack when least expected.
  26. 40. (2 words) The use of government revenue collection and expenditure to influence a country’s economy.
  27. 41. (hard work, thrift, material growth, and the acceptance of usury).
  28. 42. (2 words) A modification of the supply of money. Lowering interest rates is an example of how this policy is used.