This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US History (General) has 10 clues. Answers range from 7 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
a time of political hostility between the US and Soviet Union from 1945-1991 characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare
a international organization, with headquarters in NYC, formed to promote international peace, signed by 51 founding countries in 1945
a confontaion between the US and Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba
a war between North Korea (supported by China and Soviet Union) and South Korea (supported by the US) from 1950-1953
a economic system with private ownership of goods, prices, production, and distribution of goods that are determined by competition in the free market
a political theory advocating a society in which all property is publicy owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs, a single authitorian party controls the economy and the government
splits the Korean peninsula in half creating a buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea, and it is the most fortified border in the world
idea that if one key nation fell to communism then all surrounding nations would also fall to communism like dominoes
turning point of the Vietnam War
policy aimed at stopping the spread of Communism throughout the world