The Cold War and the 1950s
Across
- 5. The Soviet Union's alliance system, set up in response to the U.S. creating NATO.
- 6. The alliance system created by the United States and her allies to oppose the spread of communism.
- 8. The concern that if we let one country fall to communism, more would follow.
- 10. The U.S. program that offered billions of dollars to rebuild Europe after World War II.
- 12. Abbreviation for the committee in the House of Representatives created to hunt for communist spies.
- 14. New communication technology that was developed and became popular in teh 1950s.
Down
- 1. Commander of U.S. troops in Korea at the beginning of the war.
- 2. The U.S. policy to keep communism from spreading outside its borders.
- 3. Multinational organization formed after World War II to promote peace and avoid another nuclear war.
- 4. Term used to identify the major increase of children born between 1945 and 1965.
- 7. The fear of the spread of communism both in the 1920s and the 1950s.
- 9. The imaginary line of secrecy and mistrust that separated the USSR and Eastern Europe from the West.
- 11. U.S. senator who recklessly and falsely accused many Americans of being communists.
- 13. The legislation that provided free education and low interest home loans to returning veteran=s after World War II.