50 years of communism

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Across
  1. 2. A failed attempt by the US to take over the government of Fidel Castro.
  2. 3. German philosopher and author who wrote about the idea of communism as a government.
  3. 4. When the Soviet Union set up nuclear missiles in Cuba.
  4. 9. sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the West and east.
  5. 10. A shortened version of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
  6. 14. After WWII Sweden,Finland,Spain,Ireland,Austria,and Sweden were ______ countries.
  7. 16. The _____ Union was the superpower that fought the cold war against the United States.
  8. 18. treaty organization that helped fight communism, 28 countries were involved.
  9. 19. A communist guerrilla organization in the south.
  10. 24. cambodian communist guerrillas
  11. 26. Fidel ____,the leader of Cuba.
  12. 27. When Vietnam divided, the _____ was the communist side.
  13. 28. The belief that if communists won in south Vietnam,then communism could spread to other countries in Southeast Asia.
  14. 30. Soviet leader Mikhail ______ brought reform to the Soviet Union and helped to end the Cold War.
  15. 31. The U.S president, Ronald _______ who decided to tear down the Berlin wall.
Down
  1. 1. After WWII ______ was the only communist country.
  2. 5. The first American man to step on the moon.
  3. 6. a challenge between the Soviet Union and U.S to see who could send the first thing to space.
  4. 7. A form of Socialism advocated by Karl Marx.
  5. 8. The ___ curtain
  6. 11. brutal dictator in Cambodia whos policies lead to genocide.
  7. 12. The ____ airlift was when the Allies flew food and supplies over East Germany to the city of Berlin.
  8. 13. name of the U.S president that challenged the Soviet Union to the space race.
  9. 15. the name of the satellites the Soviet Union sent up to space.
  10. 17. The ____ Doctrine was a US policy designed to stop the spread of communism.
  11. 19. ________ Declaration of Independence written September 2,1945.
  12. 20. When Vietnam invaded Cambodia the ______ end
  13. 21. ____ Pact was an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries.
  14. 22. The ______ wall was when the Allies flew food and supplies over East Germany to the city of Berlin.
  15. 23. speech made November 13,1968 by______dbrezhnev.
  16. 25. Expelled French from Vietnam in 1954, leader of north Vietnam during Vietnam war.
  17. 29. ______ Zedong was the founder of Communist China.