Across
- 2. After the USSR blockaded this German city in 1948, the USA provided food & supplies via air lift
- 4. Ethel & Julius ________ were charged with spying for the Soviets, and executed for treason
- 7. US Senator from Wisconsin whose extreme anti-communist efforts led to widespread fear
- 12. Communist sympathizers were often accused of ________, aka plotting to overthrow the government
- 13. A list of potential communist sympathizers in Hollywood; if your name appeared on the list, no one in the industry would hire you
- 14. The congressional committee that tried to root out communism in American society, often through questionably legal methods
- 15. After refusing to testify, the Hollywood Ten were charged with ________ of Congress
- 16. A country in Asia that was divided between the communist North & democratic South
- 17. A willingness to go to the brink of war in order to achieve foreign policy goals
- 19. Former top American general in WW2 who became president in 1952
Down
- 1. US strategy of building a large enough stockpile of nuclear weapons to prevent an attack
- 3. The _______ Pact was a defensive alliance of the Soviets and their communist allies in Eastern Europe
- 5. Use of spying/surveillance; both America and the Soviets engaged in this during the Cold War
- 6. In a potential nuclear war, both the USA & USSR had the ability to destroy each other; this is called ________ Assured Destruction, or MAD
- 8. The _________ bomb was a new type of weapon, many times more powerful that the original atom bomb
- 9. The border between N. & S. Korea is called the _________ Zone
- 10. A cartoon turtle who warned American children of the need to "duck and cover" during a nuclear attack
- 11. The Federal Civil _______ Agency was responsible for helping Americans prepare for the possibility of a nuclear attack
- 18. This American-backed defensive alliance was created to withstand Soviet aggression in Europe