US History Unit 9 24.1-24.3 crossword

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  1. 2. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A pact created in 1949 that cemented an alliance of Western Nations, prompted by the Berlin Crisis. All for one and one for all.
  2. 5. Truman doctrine as it was administered in Europe by General George Marshall, in order to diminish the allure of communism; under the auspices of the plan, the US sent $13 billion to governments that promised to become or remain democracies.
  3. 7. group of screen writers accused of being members of the communist party. They refused to answer any questions because of their right to freedom of speech. They were charged with contempt, fined 1000 dollars, and sent to jail for one year.
  4. 9. US strategy for dealing with the USSR as outlined by George F. Kennan, with the intention of containing communism and not letting it advance any further.
  5. 14. A borderline crusade against communism in the US. It curtailed civil liberties and quelling political dissent from the top levels of national politics to the lowest neighborhood school board meeting.
  6. 16. The largest public works project in US history when it was passed; Authorized $25 billion to build 41000 miles of roads, greatly assisting the burgeoning car culture of the 1950s. Motels, drive-ins, and fast-food restaurants began to be established.
  7. 17. Americans had more money due to higher wages and veterans’ benefits. Dishwashers, washing machines, and TVs became necessities. Jobs began to provide benefits.
  8. 20. A senator who used communism to boost himself into the public eye. His speeches were bombastic and insisted that the state department was filled with commies, and that he had a list of more than 200 communists. He ruined people’s lives and destroyed people’s careers. Turns out everything he said was based on false accusations.
  9. 23. Agreement between the USSR and eastern European countries that the Eastern Euro. Countries would remain communist.
  10. 24. American planes would drop food and supplies in crates out of their plane for eleven months. The US and its allies flew more than 200,000 flights and dropped 4700 tons of needed necessities in Berlin.
  11. 25. This policy of building up bombs, etc., became known as “mutually assured destruction” (MAD) because an attack on one side would most likely bring about the destruction of both.
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  1. 1. Labor management relations act of 1947 that banned the closed shop, outlawed collective bargaining within industries, and authorized the president to delay strikes by declaring a “cooling-off” period.
  2. 3. US strategy of offering aid to nations that may be susceptible to communist infiltration.
  3. 4. The arms race stands off between the US and Soviet Russia from 1945-1991. US wanted to promote capitalism; USSR wanted to promote communism.
  4. 6. Metaphor used to refer to unstable nations as dominoes, with the US obligated to prevent the dominoes from “falling” (becoming communist), which would begin a process of communist world domination.
  5. 8. a figurative line that separated the democratic west from the communist east.
  6. 10. Began between the US and the Soviet Union because of fear of one another, and because of the concept of “massive retaliation.” US developed H-bomb in 1952, and Soviet Union developed theirs in 1953.
  7. 11. US created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for space research. NASA would land humans on the moon in 1969.
  8. 12. After WW2 more than 76 million children were born in less than 20 years. In 1940, women were having 2.1 children, by 1960 they were having 3.5 children.
  9. 13. Truman’s twenty-one-point postwar plan that provided increases in the minimum wage, federal assistance in building homes, federal support for education and healthcare, and jobs in public works; represented a renewal of the Fair Employment Practices Commission.
  10. 15. After WW2, Korea was divided amongst the allies. USSR got northern half, and US got southern half. NK invaded SK with the help of USSR planners. Truman sent troops to SK and distributed atomic bombs to US ships and bases throughout the world. Douglas MacArthur stepped in and led a surprise attack near Seoul (SK capital) and recaptured it from NK. UN troops chased NK troops to the China border. Truman had no plans to invade, but Mao didn’t know that. Chinese troops help NK troops push UN troops back down Korea. War reaches a stalemate, and the country was officially divided along the 38th parallel. There was 35k American deaths and 300k Korean deaths (both sides).
  11. 18. A committee that believed the movie industry was filled with communists. They investigated Hollywood in a formal investigation. They targeted writers, directors, actors, film executives, and forced them to testify about their political beliefs.
  12. 19. A classified paper written by American diplomats that portrayed an uncontrollably aggressive Soviet Union that desired to dominate the world and recommended stopping the threat by three means; a massive military buildup the creation of hydrogen bombs, and rooting out of all communists on American soil.
  13. 21. SU launches Sputnik 1 into space in 1957, starting the space race. US sent the Explorer 1 into space 3 months later.
  14. 22. Group of nations established after WWII by Allied powers to promote peace and openness between counties throughout the world, & also protect people’s basic rights; also outlawed slavery, servitude, & torture.