Across
- 3. The launch of _____ accelerated the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union
- 5. U.S. program providing aid to non-Communist nations after World War II
- 11. Which policy was central to the foreign policy of every president from Truman through Johnson
- 12. The Korean War ended in a _____ (no winner)
- 14. 13 day event that was the closest the world has come to nuclear war
- 17. Type of bomb smaller and more powerful than the atomic bomb
- 18. Organization formed to support cooperative efforts to solve international problems
- 20. Group held accountable for war crimes during the Nuremberg Trials
- 21. Last name of husband and wife spies accused of giving atomic secrets to the Soviets
- 23. Scandal that led to the resignation of President Nixon
- 24. President who fired General MacArthur for insubordination during the Korean War
Down
- 1. Name given to a nation aligned with and under pressure from the Soviet Union
- 2. Organization like the United Nations supported by Wilson but never joined by the USA
- 4. Formed as a direct result of NATO
- 6. First nation to acquire atomic weapons after the United States
- 7. Movement critical of the "norms" of the time
- 8. Operation that occurred to bring supplies into Allied controlled Germany
- 9. "An _____ curtain has descended across the continent..." ~ Churchill speaking about the USSR
- 10. Name of the area that is now Vietnam, once controlled by France
- 11. Nation that supplied military aid to North Korea during the Korean War
- 13. Name given to a residential area outside of a city in which, historically, consisted of white residents only; expanded after WWII
- 15. Widespread fear of Communism; also called McCarthyism
- 16. Which president used the Gulf of Tonkin to escalate U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War
- 19. Idea that if one nation becomes Communist, others will follow
- 22. Competition with the Soviet Union in space exploration led to the creation of which program?