The Cold War and The 1950's

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Across
  1. 1. The largest generation of babies born in the US
  2. 2. Submissive to her husband; cooked, cleaned and never complained
  3. 5. By the mid 1950's nearly most Americans were members of this group
  4. 9. This program helped soldiers transition back to civilian life by providing education grants and low-interest home loans
  5. 11. The US's earliest suburban community
  6. 12. The US's 'friend' during the Chinese revolution
  7. 15. During the Space Race, this man was the head rocket engineer for the United States
  8. 19. The residential areas surrounding major cities
  9. 20. The first person to invent the Polio Vaccination
  10. 21. Congress passes this in order to build 40,000 miles of interstate highways across the US
  11. 22. A plan to send economic aid to Europe after WWII to help stop the spread of Communism
  12. 25. He advised Truman on how to handle Russian Relations
  13. 26. Churchill said that countries under Stalin's control we behind this...
  14. 27. This is the nickname for the WWII alliance that included Churchill, FDR and Stalin
  15. 28. The area that divides North Korea and South Korea before the Korean War
  16. 30. Successful leader of the Communist revolution in China
  17. 31. Stalin's alliance combining the countries behind the Iron Curtain
  18. 32. The fastest-growing industry in the US during the 1950s
Down
  1. 1. Labor/Hands on style jobs
  2. 3. The present day name of the border between North Korea and South Korea
  3. 4. Sales and Management style jobs
  4. 6. Fired after the Korean war for publicly criticizing and disagreeing with Truman
  5. 7. The government that the US dealt with for Chinese relations during the Cold War
  6. 8. These type of homes were mass produced on assembly lines
  7. 10. A policy created by Truman to stop the spread of Communism in Europe
  8. 13. The name of the first man-made object/rocket launched into orbit
  9. 14. The lead rocket engineer for the Soviet's during the Space Race
  10. 16. The Big Three agreed upon creating this organization at Yalta
  11. 17. Truman's response to Stalin's blockade
  12. 18. The name for when Stalin cut off all road and rail access to West Berlin
  13. 22. Created Planned Parenthood and invented the 'pill'
  14. 23. An alliance to protect western Europe from the Soviet Union after WWII
  15. 24. The act of buying material goods
  16. 29. These kinds of devices allowed many americans to have more leisure time