Across
- 1. men came back from war and got married to their sweethearts and lots of babies were born
- 7. the concept if one country falls to communism, especially asian countries, the countries around it will fall as well, like dominos
- 8. finding people and interrogating and imprisoning people who are suspected of being communist, usually against their constitutional rights, like the 4th amendment
- 11. was a group of directors, actors, producers,etc. who refused to cooperate with HUAC and were blacklisted and arrested for contempt of Congress
- 12. is the policy to contain communism where it exists and not let it spread anywhere else
- 13. countries that form a treaty'alliance after WW2 to protect each other from communism
- 15. the soviets reacted to the merge by blockading West Berlin - cut off all highways and railroad links to the West
Down
- 2. military spending increases to build up the military. US does fine, Russia suffers financially
- 3. offered military and economic aid to any democratic nation under threat from authoritarian forces
- 4. US was only one with nuclear capabilities, this protection now extended to all NATO members
- 5. the line on the map that separates democratic countries from communist countries
- 6. massive aid be given to countries recovering from WWII to help rebuild their economies
- 9. began in the 1920s after WWI and continuing after WW2 again,the fear communists. Red stands for communism
- 10. 1950s music. Elvis.
- 14. Servicemen's Readjustment Act, paid for college and homes