1950's Political Trivia

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Across
  1. 2. U.S. agency involved in covert operations during the 1950s
  2. 6. 1956 uprising against Soviet control
  3. 8. Senator known for leading anti-communist investigations
  4. 12. Conference where the Vietnam War was temporarily halted in 1954
  5. 13. Soviet leader who denounced Stalin in 1956
  6. 15. Conflict between North and South Korea, with U.S. involvement
  7. 16. The geopolitical tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
  8. 18. Another name for Taiwan, central in 1950s U.S.-China relations
  9. 22. Island where Chinese Nationalists retreated after the civil war
  10. 23. Act that targeted communists and other subversive groups
  11. 25. Egyptian leader who nationalized the Suez Canal
  12. 29. Theory that if one country fell to communism, others would follow
  13. 30. The process mandated by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954
  14. 31. Leader of North Vietnam in the 1950s
  15. 32. Speech by Nixon defending a political gift
  16. 34. U.S. Secretary of State, key figure in Eisenhower’s foreign policy
  17. 35. International body founded in 1945, active in 1950s conflicts
Down
  1. 1. Cuban revolutionary who rose to power in 1959
  2. 3. The domain of the U.S.-Soviet race, spurred by Sputnik in 1957
  3. 4. Soviet leader until his death in 1953
  4. 5. 1956 conflict involving Egypt, Israel, Britain, and France
  5. 7. Couple executed for espionage in 1953
  6. 9. Eastern European nation that revolted against Soviet control
  7. 10. Military alliance formed in 1949, expanded in the 1950s
  8. 11. Structure erected in 1961, symbolizing Cold War division
  9. 14. American spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960
  10. 17. Conference where post-war Europe was discussed, influencing the 1950s
  11. 19. City where school desegregation led to a crisis in 1957
  12. 20. Competition between the U.S. and USSR for nuclear supremacy
  13. 21. U.S. President who launched the Interstate Highway System
  14. 24. Agreement that ended active fighting in the Korean War
  15. 26. The main adversary of the U.S. during the Cold War
  16. 27. Powerful weapon tested by the U.S. in 1952
  17. 28. Chinese Communist leader during the 1950s
  18. 33. Alliance aimed at preventing communist expansion in Southeast Asia