Cold War

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Across
  1. 2. the intentional and illegal overthrow of a government
  2. 4. Umbrella-term for all American policies that focus on stopping the spread of communism
  3. 6. Union, world power preaching communism
  4. 8. Scare, period of anti-communist hysteria in the US that resulted in over 12,000 getting arrested or losing their jobs
  5. 10. an economic system based on communal and public ownership of property and resources with equality as the goal
  6. 13. Plan, American Plan to provide money to Western Europe to rebuild after WWII thus showing off capitalism
  7. 15. type of weapon that created widespread fear during the Arms Race
  8. 16. Scare, era when over 5,000 LGBTQ people lost their jobs duirng the Cold War
  9. 17. leader of the Soviet Union during WWII until 1953. Began spreading communism
  10. 20. 1700s advocate for Capitalism and the benefits of a division of labor
  11. 21. Communist leader of Cuba who aimed to reclaim land owned by American businesses
  12. 22. War, decades long conflict between the US and the USSR that never involved physical warfare
  13. 24. Fruit Company, American business that controlled significant land and power in central America
Down
  1. 1. democratically-elected President of Guatemala who was ousted from office by the CIA
  2. 2. Missile Crisis, 13 day stand-off between the US, Cuba, and the USSR that ended in a arm removal agreement
  3. 3. of Pigs, the failed CIA operation to overthrow Fidel Castro
  4. 5. 1800s Theorist behind communism and the working class revolution
  5. 7. US President involved in the end of WWII and Containment Policies
  6. 9. an economic system based on private ownership of business and property with profit as the goal
  7. 11. US President involved in the Space Race and Cuban Missile Crisis
  8. 12. States, world power preaching capitalism
  9. 13. US Senator who created anti-Communist hysteria in the US
  10. 14. committee created to identify and punish communists in the United States
  11. 18. department focused on covert operations to prevent the spread of communism
  12. 19. US President involved in CIA coups and the Arms Race
  13. 23. Island South of the United States