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2. - A safety drill taught to schoolchildren in the United States during the Cold War, instructing them to crouch under desks or tables in the event of a nuclear attack.
5. - A state of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and its allies and the United States and its allies from the end of World War II until the collapse of the Soviet Union.
7. - Periods of intense fear of communism and radical political ideas in the United States.
8. - Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, who served from 1953 to 1961.
9. - A literary and social movement of the 1950s and early 1960s, characterized by rejection of conventional values and exploration of alternative lifestyles.
11. hearings - Congressional hearings led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s to investigate alleged communist infiltration of the US government and other institutions.
12. - A highly contagious viral infection that can lead to paralysis, particularly affecting children.
16. - A thermonuclear weapon much more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
18. - A small restaurant, often in the style of a railroad car, serving inexpensive meals.
19. - Relating to the nucleus of an atom, or pertaining to atomic energy.
20. - The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
22. - A person aged between 13 and 19 years old.
24. - The practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

1. - Residential areas outside the city, typically characterized by single-family homes and a car-oriented lifestyle.
3. - Elvis Presley, a popular American singer and actor who became a cultural icon of the 1950s.
4. - A US foreign policy adopted in the late 1940s aimed at containing the spread of communism.
6. - A device for receiving television broadcasts and displaying them on a screen.
10. A tense confrontation in 1962 between the Soviet Union and the United States over the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
13. - Legislation that provided benefits to veterans of World War II, including education and housing assistance.
14. - United Nations, an international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among nations.
15. - The theory that increasing consumption of goods and services is beneficial to the economy.
17. - A two-piece swimsuit for women, named after the Bikini Atoll where atomic bomb tests were conducted.
21. - Competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for supremacy in space exploration.
23. - A significant increase in birth rates following World War II.