This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US History (General) has 27 clues. Answers range from 3 to 23 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Fortified concrete and wire barrier that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics.
The rounding up and deportation of several hundred immigrants of radical political views by the federal government in 1919 and 1920
a media stereotype prevalent throughout the 1950s to mid-1960s that displayed the more superficial aspects of the Beat Generation literary movement of the 1950s.
enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law.
a temporary marked increase in the birth rate, especially the one following World War II.
the action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence
were United States citizens who were executed on June 19, 1953 after being convicted of committing espionage for the Soviet Union
an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government
was shot down while in Soviet airspace
the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. First expressed in 1947 by US President Truman in a speech to Congress seeking aid for Greece and Turkey, the doctrine was seen by the communists as an open declaration of the Cold War.
an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.
a campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations
A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II
The space vehicle that carried three American astronauts to the moon and back in July 1969
the House of Un-American Activities Committee
designates a country that is formally independent in the world, but under heavy political, economic and military influence or control from another country.
the competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration
an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
the southern US from California to Florida, noted for resort areas and for the movement of businesses and population into these states from the colder northern states.
A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany
is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane
A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.