Cold War
Across
- 3. The communist-led country that fought against the United States and its allies in the Korean War
- 5. The ideological and geopolitical struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1990s
- 8. The communist-led country that the Soviet Union was allied with
- 9. The 1947 policy that provided economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism
- 12. The 1948-1949 operation where the United States and its allies airlifted supplies to West Berlin after the Soviet Union blockaded the city
- 14. The international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace and security
- 15. The 1947 plan that provided economic aid to help rebuild Europe after World War II
- 16. The belief that if one country fell to communism, neighboring countries would also fall
Down
- 1. The policy of preventing the spread of communism to other countries
- 2. The political and economic system where the government owns the means of production and distribution of goods
- 4. The policy of expanding communist influence around the world
- 6. The 1946 telegram written by George Kennan that outlined the policy of containment
- 7. The communist-led country that fought against the United States and its allies in the Vietnam War
- 10. The 1962 confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba
- 11. The physical and ideological division between communist and democratic countries during the Cold War
- 13. The communist-led country that the United States attempted to overthrow in the Bay of Pigs invasion