Chapter 13- The Cold War
Across
- 2. Stalin responded to NATO with the _______ Pact
- 5. Stalin put his political opponents in work camps know as ______.
- 7. Truman's plan to keep communism where it was and prevent it's spread
- 10. The ____ war was rooted in political, economic and social differences between the two world superpowers: the US and Soviet Union.
- 12. Acronym for the committee that investigated "un-American" actives during the 1950's.
- 14. When Stalin cut off trade to West Berlin, the US responded with the "Berlin _______."
- 15. Last name of the couple that was executed for allegedly giving atomic secrets to the Soviets.
- 16. The Soviet Union was a ______ country
- 18. Politically, the US is a ________, allowing free elections, free speech and freedom of religion.
- 20. JFK and the CIA failed to invade Cuba at the Bay of ____.
- 21. Name of the first satellite launched into space by the USSR.
- 22. Churchill announced that an "_____ Curtain" had divided Eastern and Western Europe.
Down
- 1. Anti-communist hysteria created by a Wisconsin Senator.
- 3. JFK and Khrushchev successfully avoided war during the Cuban Missile _____ through negotiating.
- 4. Organization formed to protect democratic countries from Soviet attack.
- 6. Nations governed by the USSR during the Cold War were called ______.
- 8. After Stalin died in 1953, _____ Khrushchev became the leader of the Soviet Union.
- 9. According to the "Truman ______" the US would provide assistance to countries threatened by communism, particularly Turkey and Greece.
- 11. The "_____ Plan" expanded on the Truman Doctrine, sending aid to European countries to prevent them falling to communism
- 13. Economically, the US is a _______ country in which a free market allows individuals to own private businesses
- 17. The Communist leader of China.
- 18. Acronym for the current Korean Demilitarized zone between North and South Korea.
- 19. Communist leader that took over Cuba in 1959.