US History Terms Homemade Review (CM)

Edit Answers
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
Across
  1. 6. A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.
  2. 8. Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944
  3. 12. men's clothing of extreme cut typically consisting of a thigh-length jacket withwide padded shoulders and baggy, pleated pants with narrow cufs
  4. 15. The Allies response to the Soviets blockade of West Berlin
  5. 18. Became president when FDR died; gave the order to drop the atomic bomb
  6. 19. Truman, Churchill, and Stalin discussed the future of Europe but their failure to reach meaningful agreements soon led to the onset of the Cold War.
  7. 22. war fought to achieve only specifc goals
  8. 23. Japanese suicide pilots
  9. 24. The Allies demanded the unconditional surrender of the axis, agreed to aid the Soviets, agreed on the invasion Italy
  10. 25. Victory in Japan day.
Down
  1. 1. American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
  2. 2. frst U.S. land victory over the Japanese, 1943
  3. 3. the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy
  4. 4. Chinese Communist leader from 1949 to 1976.
  5. 5. countries surrounding the Soviet Union that the Soviets controlled in an efort to keep a "barrier" around the country
  6. 7. A plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe.
  7. 9. President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology
  8. 10. the power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States after World war II
  9. 11. An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
  10. 13. Victory in Europe day
  11. 14. Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
  12. 16. The message written by George Kennan in 1946 to Truman advising him to containCommunist expansion.
  13. 17. A jellied gasoline used for bombs.
  14. 20. Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West.
  15. 21. A 1944-1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German ofensive of World War II.