Cold War

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Across
  1. 4. A 1962 confrontation between the U.S. and USSR over Soviet nuclear missiles placed in Cuba.
  2. 7. A long period of tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
  3. 8. A military alliance created in 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European communist countries.
  4. 12. A war from 1950–1953 between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea, with U.S. and UN forces supporting the South.
  5. 14. A military alliance formed in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and Western European nations to defend against the Soviet Union.
  6. 16. A failed 1961 attempt by U.S.-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro.
  7. 18. A U.S. program that gave billions of dollars to rebuild Western European economies after World War II.
  8. 20. A term used to describe the political and ideological division between Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe.
  9. 23. A conflict where the U.S. and USSR supported opposing sides without fighting each other directly.
  10. 24. Both sides recognized the danger of nuclear conflict - Mutually Assured Destruction
  11. 25. Negotiations between the U.S. and USSR to limit nuclear weapons.
  12. 26. The last leader of the Soviet Union who introduced major reforms in the 1980s.
  13. 27. dramatic increase in birth rates following the end of World War II
  14. 29. A U.S. policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism to other countries.
  15. 30. A U.S. policy promising military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
Down
  1. 1. A period of reduced tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the 1970s.
  2. 2. The first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
  3. 3. The belief that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would also become communist.
  4. 5. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) — A proposed U.S. missile defense system announced by Reagan, sometimes called
  5. 6. 1945 meeting between “Big 3” (FDR, Stalin, Churchill) to discuss post-war Europe.
  6. 9. A campaign in the U.S. during the 1950s accusing many people of being communists without strong evidence.
  7. 10. U.S. president during the Cuban Missile Crisis and early 1960s Cold War tensions.
  8. 11. A wall built in 1961 by East Germany to stop people from fleeing to West Berlin.
  9. 13. U.S. president in the 1980s who increased pressure on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
  10. 15. Free Market Economy, Private Ownership, Consumer-driven for public.
  11. 17. Competition between the U.S. and USSR to build larger and more powerful weapons, especially nuclear weapons.
  12. 19. The Soviet leader at the end of World War II who helped start the Cold War tensions.
  13. 21. The communist leader who ruled Cuba after the Cuban Revolution in 1959.
  14. 22. An economic organization of communist countries led by the Soviet Union.
  15. 28. A massive operation where the U.S. and its allies flew supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blocked land routes in 1948–1949.