Paddock AH U5a Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Massive rocket used for Apollo missions
  2. 4. A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
  3. 11. first animal in space; USSR; a dog; Nov., 1957
  4. 15. US General during Korean War - fired for insubordination
  5. 16. Eisenhower's pledge that the US would respond to Soviet attacks with nuclear force
  6. 19. First American in space
  7. 21. Built new communities in the suburbs after WWII, using mass-production techniques
  8. 24. first American to orbit the earth
  9. 27. ___ Program 2nd stage of lunar program - complex 2 man missions
  10. 31. Treaty that ended Korea conflict.
  11. 32. Policy of the US that it would defend the Middle East against attack by any Communist country
  12. 33. He was a pro-American dictator of Cuba before Castro. His overthrow led to Castro and communists taking over Cuba.
  13. 34. North Atlantic Treaty Organization; an alliance made to defend one another if they were attacked by any other country
  14. 35. A theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also come under Communist control.
  15. 36. Churchill's term describing the political division of Europe between free (W. Europe) and represed (Eastern Europe) during the cold war
Down
  1. 1. A plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered billions in aid to western and Southern Europe.
  2. 2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  3. 5. The 1962 confrontation between US and the Soviet Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
  4. 6. A large number of children born after WWII and the Great Depression ended
  5. 7. Communist leader of North Korea; his attack on South Korea in 1950 started the Korean War. He remained in power until 1994.
  6. 8. (MAD) A doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender.
  7. 9. ___ Program 1st stage of the US lunar program - simple 1 man missions
  8. 10. Witch-hunt for American Communist led by Senator Joseph McCarthy
  9. 12. ___ Highway Act, 1956 Eisenhower 20 yr plan to build 41,000 mi of highway, largest public works project in history
  10. 13. Provided for college or vocational training for returning WWII veterans as well as one year of unemployment compensation. Also provided for loans for returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses.
  11. 14. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space (1934-1968)
  12. 17. 1947, President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology, mainly helped Greece and Turkey
  13. 18. House Un-American Activities Committee - part of 2nd Red Scare
  14. 20. 1961 failed invasion of Cuba by a CIA-led force of Cuban exiles
  15. 22. First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
  16. 23. American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
  17. 25. Joint effort by the US and Britain to fly food and supplies into W Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all ground routes into the city - successfully avoided Appeasement
  18. 26. First US satellite
  19. 28. A 1956 term used by Secretary of State John Dulles to describe a policy of risking war in order to protect national interests
  20. 29. ___ Program 3rd stage of lunar program - 3 men to moon and back
  21. 30. US culture developed out of fear / hatred of Communism