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- 3. My Lai is a Vietnamese village known to Americans because it is where American soldiers committed a _______________ of 400-500 civilians.
- 6. Because there was a shortage of male workers due the war, many _____________ went to work in steel and other industries during the war years.
- 8. Stalin's response to the formation of NATO was is formation of the ________________________ (two words put together).
- 12. The GI Bill of Rights provided ______________ aid for veterans who wanted to attend college after WWII.
- 14. After the Korean War, Korea remained _____________ almost exactly where it had been before the war.
- 15. The __________________ were very difficult to fight against in the Vietnam war because of an extensive tunnel system, booby traps, and the ability to blend in.
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- 1. This was constructed between East and West Berlin by the Soviets to keep people from fleeing to the capitalist West(2 words combined).
- 2. The population explosion that followed soldiers returning home from the war and starting families (2 words combined).
- 3. The name given to the project which created the first nuclear bomb was _________________ (2 words combined).
- 4. The growth of the suburbs was a result of a severe _______________ of urban housing.
- 5. The Bay of Pigs invasion was the CIA's plan to overthrown Cuban communist leader, Fidel _________________.
- 7. Reckless and dangerous accusations against people saying they were communists during the American Red Scare was later termed ____________________.
- 9. The policy of stopping communism from spreading was called ___________________.
- 10. During WWII, the systematic murder to over 6 million Jews, gypsies, and other groups of people was called the ______________________.
- 11. The Truman Doctrine promised aid to any country who was fighting against ___________________.
- 13. The Berlin Airlift was the response to the Soviet _____________________.