Apush Crossword Periods 8-9

An international organization created after World War II to promote international cooperation
A war of words and threats between the United States and the Soviet Union
President Harry Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism.
Program designed to promote the economic recovery of Western Europe with massive amounts of U.S. financial aid.
Mutual defense alliance among the nations of Western Europe and North American. (Shortened down)
The U.S. policy of containing the spread of communism.
President Eisenhower's policy of reducing the size of the U.S. army, developing tactile nuclear weapons, and building strategic air power to employ nuclear weapons.
The first artificial satellite launched into space. Its launch by the Soviet Union marked the beginning of the space race.
Military crisis between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over a secret Soviet attempt to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba.
Congressional committee, created in 1938, that began investigating suspected Communists and fellow-travelers in the late (Shortened down)
All of the money borrowed by the government and not yet repaid, plus the accrued interest on that money
Limiting government regulation in certain industries
Rebels who opposed the anti-American government in Nicaragua
Government officials sold missiles to Iran (hoping to free hostages in Lebanon)
Iranian fundamentalists seized the American embassy in Tehran and held fifty-three American diplomats hostage for over a year.