Across
- 7. Major civil rights march, used
- 8. War The first conflict between international communist forces and liberal forces - resulted in a stalemate and created the 38th parallel, seperating North and South Korea.
- 9. A series of conflicts/proxy wars between the United States and the Soviet Union that never led to real warfare, rather competing sides continuously built more and more weaponry to threaten the other superpower and instill fear.
- 11. Case ending segregation, repealing Plessy v Ferguson.
- 12. A military pact made between democratic countries as a defense against Soviet expansionism, placed nuclear weapons in the hands of certain countries.
Down
- 1. Act: President Eisenhower signed this act to create thousands of miles of interstate highways.
- 2. United States joins the government of South Vietnam to fight against the growing communist party in the North.
- 3. conflict within the U.S. Government, in which it was believed that LGBT+ people posed a potential danger if placed in positions of power. Resulted in mass-screenings of government members for homosexuality.
- 4. intense period between the USSR and the US that came exceedingly closer to direct military conflict
- 5. Easing of conflict with the Soviet Union through diplomacy
- 6. A period of widespread fear of communism in US society sparked by Joseph McCarthy,
- 10. The U.S. supported European coutries by providing them with 13.3 billion USD ($138 billion today) to recover from World War 2 and prevent them from turning to communism.