Cold War

1. WAR, The ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II
2. DOCTRINE, A doctrine asserting that the US would support nations resisting communist aggression
4. WALL, A barrier built in 1961 to divide East and West Berlin
8. F KENNEDY, US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
9. Soviet reformer who introduced policies of glasnost and perestroika
10. The first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
13. The American policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism

1. MISSILE CRISIS, A major confrontation between the US and USSR over missiles in Cuba
3. The defensive alliance formed by Western nations in 1949
5. CURTAIN, The metaphorical term describing the division of Europe during the Cold War
6. PACT, The rival military alliance created by the USSR in 1955
7. The Soviet leader who succeeded Stalin and denounced his policies
11. WAR, The conflict in Southeast Asia where the US attempted to prevent communist expansion
12. AIRLIFT, The tense period in 1948–49 when Western powers airlifted supplies to a blockaded city
14. PLAN, US economic program that aimed to rebuild Europe after WWII