Across
- 5. a port city in western South Korea on the Yellow Sea; site of major battle in the Korean War
- 7. former US government official who was accused of participating in a Communist spy ring
- 9. plan for the reconstruction of Europe after WWII announced by the US Secretary of State
- 11. policy that the US adopted in the late 1940s to stop the spread of communism; it involved providing economic aid in order to strengthen countries against the Soviets
- 12. a dramatic rise in the birthrate following WWII
- 17. committee formed in the House of Representatives in the 1930s to investigate radical groups in the US; it later came to focus on the threat of communism in the US during WWII and the Cold War
- 19. an international defense alliance formed in 1949
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- 1. document presented to the UN by the Commission on Human Rights that stated all human beings are created free and equal, and tried to set standards for human rights
- 2. an era of high tension and bitter rivalry known between the United States and the Soviet Union following the end of WWII
- 3. act that helped veterans make a smooth entry into civilian life by providing money for attending college or advanced job training
- 4. leader of the Chinese Nationalist government and a strong US ally; his government was defeated by the Communists in 1949
- 6. writers and directors who were thought to be radicals and called before HUAC; they refused to cooperate and were sentenced to short prison terms
- 8. term coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe an imaginary line dividing communist countries in the Soviet bloc from countries in Western Europe during the Cold War
- 10. plan proposed by President Truman that included a number of programs in the tradition of the New Deal
- 13. phrase used to describe the US intervention in Korea in 1950; the US never officially declared war
- 14. a program in which the US and Britain shipped supplies by air to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade of all routes to the city; lasted from 1948-1949
- 15. leader of the Chinese Communists; he led a successful revolution and established a Communist government in China
- 16. the name critics gave to Joseph McCarthy's tactic of spreading fear and making baseless charges
- 18. President Truman's pledge to provide economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism