Cold War

2. Program that provided economic aid to Western European countries after World War II
3. U.S. president who authorized the use of nuclear weapons during the Korean War
5. U.S. operation to airlift supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade
6. U.S. president who negotiated with Khrushchev to end the Cuban Missile Crisis
7. Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
10. Military alliance established by the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe
12. senator who led a campaign against alleged communist infiltration in the government
14. Soviet satellite launched in 1957
16. Term used to describe the post-World War II tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union
18. U.S. policy of providing military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism

1. U.S. policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism
4. American policy of threatening massive retaliation in response to any aggression
8. U.S. attorney general who authorized the wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr
9. Soviet leader who succeeded Stalin
11. Cuban revolutionary who led the overthrow of U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista
13. Military alliance established by the U.S. and its allies in Europe
15. U.S. spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960
17. Term used to describe the hostile relationship between the U.S. and Soviet Union