Across
- 6. Provided financial aid to returning WW2 veterans for college homes.
- 8. Soviets and US forces(Allies begins assault germany's capital city.
- 9. Eisenhower wanted to be able to move troops and supplies quickly in the event of an attack,so the government sponsored the construction of a series of highways,linking population centers across the nation.
- 10. Issued to prevent the USSR from spreading communism,used in greece and turkey.
- 11. Communist north korea attacked democratic south korea.After 3 years of fighting, the original border was restored at the 38th parallel.
- 12. McCarthy accused many people of being communist-held hearings that proved many accusations were unfounded and ruined McCarthy's reputation.
Down
- 1. Involved a tense situation of soviet nuclear weapon on the island of cuba,The US ordered the missiles removed because they posed a great threat to the U.S.The tense situation was the brink of nuclear war,but it was peacefully resolved. .
- 2. Eisenhower claimed that if one country fell to communist,others would fall as well.He emphasized the idea of containment.
- 3. Financial aid offered to war-torn european countries, denied aid to ussr because they were communist,gave $13.3 billion to 22 countries.
- 4. Period of tension between Democratic U.S. and communist USSR-mistrust,nuclear war threats,ETC.
- 5. Ended segregation in the military.
- 7. United states military plan for stopping the spread of communism.
