The Cold War: Truman & Eisenhower!

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Across
  1. 5. When the Governor of Arkansas prevented nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School to enter the building.
  2. 6. A form of government where all property is public and people are given things based on their needs
  3. 7. A competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over who would have the best space program
  4. 10. The ideological fence created after World War II that separated the Soviet Union and its European allies from the U.S., Western Europe, and other noncommunist areas
  5. 14. Defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and several other countries in Central and Eastern Europe
  6. 15. The practice of accusing one of treason/being a Soviet spy or sympathizer, with no regard to evidence
  7. 16. Promised military or economic aid to any Middle Eastern country that needed help in fighting against communism.
  8. 21. This act authorized the building of highways throughout the U.S
  9. 22. Mutual defense pact between the U.S. and and 11 other Western nations to contain possible Soviet aggression against Western Europe
  10. 23. The decision from this court case forced schools to end segregation
  11. 25. Government by the people
Down
  1. 1. Civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride city buses, in response to segregated seating
  2. 2. The conflict between the Northern and Southern parts of Korea
  3. 3. U.S. senator who believed that communist nations had spies all over the U.S. and in the government
  4. 4. This act authorized the federal government to take legal measures to prevent a citizen from being denied voting rights
  5. 8. The first U.S. satellite to orbit the Earth, created by NASA.
  6. 9. The ongoing political rivalry that developed after WWII between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies
  7. 11. 34th president of the United States; known for signing the Civil Rights Bill of 1957, signing the Interstate Highway Act of 1956, and ending the Korean War
  8. 12. Time period in the United States describing the fear and paranoia that there were communists everywhere, out to take over the world
  9. 13. Economic recovery plan made to help rebuild 17 European countries following WWII
  10. 17. Leader of the American Civil Rights Movement
  11. 18. American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a public bus
  12. 19. The first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth, created by the Soviet Space Program.
  13. 20. 33rd President of the United States; known for dropping atomic bombs on Japan, major policies and legislation (Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine), & helping form NATO
  14. 24. Foreign policy of the United States and its allies to prevent the spread of communism