Cold War

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Across
  1. 2. intense fear of communism in the United States
  2. 8. used by the USSR to stop people escaping East Germany to West Berlin, "fell" in 1989
  3. 9. Pact, the Soviet Union's response to NATO that allied the USSR with Eastern European nations in case of attack
  4. 10. the Korean War ended in a ________
  5. 12. many people, especially college students, disagreed with the Vietnam War, so they used their right to _______
  6. 13. Senator during the 1950s who caused widespread paranoia
  7. 14. The US and USSR competed over access to this raw material, especially in the Middle East
  8. 16. government controls the economy, including means of production and what is produced
  9. 17. reversed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, limiting the power of the President's use of the military
  10. 19. private ownership controls the economy
  11. 21. alliance that worked as a system of mutual defense against communist aggression
  12. 22. escalation of the ongoing conflict over ideology with the USSR and conflict with Cuba,
  13. 24. The failed Soviet invasion of __________helped lead to the downfall of the USSR
  14. 25. "thawing" of the Cold War, Nixon's foreign policy of preventing open conflict
  15. 26. used in Berlin to stop supplies from getting to West Berlin, and by the US in stopping supplies getting to Cuba
  16. 27. more political freedom in the Soviet Union
Down
  1. 1. the gradual transition to a market economy in the USSR
  2. 3. Following WWII, the victors made decisions to divide Germany and hold war crimes trials
  3. 4. the _________ theory illustrated the US fear that if one nation fell to communism, more would follow
  4. 5. This resolution allowed the President to take all necessary measures to repel attacks against the US, originally used in Vietnam
  5. 6. first instance of the US getting involved militarily to contain communism
  6. 7. House Un-American Activities Committee, who's accusations led to blacklisting
  7. 10. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, which limited the number of missiles countries could have
  8. 11. In order to contain communism, the US sent economic aid to help rebuild Europe after WWII
  9. 15. created after WWII as a Jewish nation, and remains the center of many conflicts in the Middle East
  10. 18. competition to build the largest, most powerful nuclear arsenal
  11. 20. In order to contain communism, the US gave economic and military aid to countries in the Mediterranean region
  12. 23. competition to launch satellites to gain an advantage in weapons and surveillance capabilities