Cold War Crossword

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  1. 2. Basis of the United States’ foreign policy on Communism during the Cold War.
  2. 3. First television network to broadcast in color.
  3. 5. Europe had to devise a plan in which the United States would finance Europe’s rebuilding efforts after WWII.
  4. 7. 20% of their population died in WWII.
  5. 8. Launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
  6. 10. Ridding a computer of its errors.
  7. 11. To prevent a country from receiving any foreign aid.
  8. 12. Began writing The Cat in the Hat in 1957 under this name.
  9. 13. River that separates North Korea and China.
  10. 17. Actor that symbolized the alienation and rebellion that many young people of the 50s sought.
  11. 24. First credit card.
  12. 26. The first one cost $1300.
  13. 27. Along with the U.S. and Western Europe, many Eastern European refugees escaped to this country during the Cold War.
  14. 29. England, France, and the United States divided this nation up after WWII.
  15. 32. This country was excluded from the UN’s Security Council due to Communism.
  16. 33. First company to adopt the “franchise” concept.
  17. 34. Interstate Highway System was part of his administration.
  18. 37. Long-range rocket that can travel from one continent to another.
  19. 38. Minimum wage in 1956.
  20. 39. Setup in Berlin by Truman to aid people trying to flee Eastern Europe.
  21. 40. To be on the “cusp” of war.
  22. 41. Initiative by Eisenhower to seek a peaceful use for nuclear power.
  23. 44. Danny’s Coffee Shop becomes this in 1959.
  24. 45. Korea was divided by this “line”.
  25. 47. Soviet Union’s response to NATO.
  26. 50. Soviet Union’s response to NATO.
  27. 52. In 1950, this company introduced the first cheese slices.
  28. 53. 15 nations throughout Eastern Europe and Northern Asia made up this nation.
  29. 58. In 1952, this company introduced the first pocket-sized transistor radio.
  30. 59. Jobs that became popular after WWII.
  31. 61. This doctor was the first to run a sub 4-minute mile when he did it in 1954.
  32. 63. Appeared on all U.S. currency in 1955.
  33. 64. Adult’s favorite T.V. show in the 1950s.
  34. 65. Canal taken by Egypt from Great Britain in 1956.
  35. 67. On board Sputnik II.
  36. 69. Term first coined by a Cleveland disc jockey in 1953.
  37. 71. Leader of UN forces in Korea.
  38. 73. The one billionth can of this is sold in 1959.
  39. 75. 19 hydrogen bombs were tested here by the United States.
  40. 76. Davy Crockett caused this animal to be protected.
  41. 77. The term used to describe the desire for one nation to achieve weapon’s superiority over another.
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  1. 1. His book symbolized the hardships of the Soviet Union.
  2. 4. First one sold for $8 in 1958.
  3. 6. Retired from baseball in 1957.
  4. 9. “Fear” that was ingrained into the American public during the Cold War.
  5. 14. War that ended in 1953.
  6. 15. First state to enact safety-belt laws.
  7. 16. Nation’s worth.
  8. 18. To cut off all trade with another country.
  9. 19. Commission setup to monitor Communist tendencies throughout the U.S. (abbv.)
  10. 20. The United States relied on this to “deliver” their nuclear missiles.
  11. 21. Hilary and Torgay summit it in 1953.
  12. 22. First candy breath mint.
  13. 23. Worst threat due to nuclear war.
  14. 25. Time period of strained relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
  15. 28. First Pizza Hut was here in 1958.
  16. 30. Teenager’s 1950s version of MTV.
  17. 31. __________ and Greece both received aid from the United States as a result of the Truman Doctrine.
  18. 35. Port city in South Korea that was able to withstand North Korean forces.
  19. 36. “Organization” that developed as a result of the Soviet Union’s veto power in the UN.
  20. 42. Termed coined by a secretary when she found a moth in a computer and it wouldn’t work. Later, this term became associated with ridding a computer of its errors.
  21. 43. West Germany (abbv.)
  22. 44. Theory used to describe what was happening around the world when one nation would fall to Communism, then another, and so on.
  23. 46. Jewish nation formed in 1948.
  24. 48. The Open Kettle in Quincy, Mass. becomes this in 1950.
  25. 49. Major health concern addressed by Jonas Salk who found the vaccine and schools began to inoculate children in 1955.
  26. 51. Churchill’s description of the stranglehold that communism had in Eastern Europe and the title of his speech at Westminister Collge in Fulton, Mo.
  27. 54. Reason MacArthur was relieved of his command.
  28. 55. First state to have a three-colored light traffic system.
  29. 56. East Germany (abbv.)
  30. 57. Communist forces took control in 1949.
  31. 60. Time period when current 60to 70 year olds were born.
  32. 62. Patent number 1,000,000.
  33. 66. Host of American Bandstand.
  34. 68. Came to power in Cuba in 1959.
  35. 70. First city with an elevator.
  36. 72. The United States’ reaction was to develop this when the Soviet Union successfully testing an atomic bomb.
  37. 74. FDR, Churchill, and Stalin met here to discuss the “dividing” of Germany after World War II.