This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US History (General) has 10 clues. Answers range from 7 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
An international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, signed by 51 founding countries in 1945.
A witch hunt against alleged communists in the U.S. government and other institutions carried out by senator Joseph McCarthy from 1950-1954, most were not Communist.
Mutual-defense treaty by the Soviet Union to strengthen its hold over its satellite nations in eastern Europe, created as a response to NATO.
Led the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War, serving as leader from 1958 to 1964, he instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis.
A political theory advocating a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid accordingly to their abilities and needs, a single authoritarian party controls both the political and economic systems.
The policy of President Truman to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey or any country threatened by communism.
A plan by which the U.S. gave $13 billion of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after the devastation of WWII.
A policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism around the world.
A competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to accomplish space related developments first.
The first successful satellite in space launched by the Soviet Union.