Cold War

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Across
  1. 2. First artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union
  2. 3. Fear of communism spreading in the United States
  3. 4. Economic system based on private ownership and free markets
  4. 7. Soviet policy of political and economic reform
  5. 11. Competition to build more powerful weapons
  6. 15. Conflict in Vietnam involving communist and anti-communist forces
  7. 16. Period of tension between the United States and Soviet Union
  8. 19. Country controlled by the Soviet Union
  9. 20. Military alliance between the United States and Western European nations
  10. 21. Conflict where major powers support opposing sides indirectly
  11. 22. Competition between the U.S. and USSR to explore space
  12. 23. Economic and political system where government controls property and business
  13. 24. Accusing people of communism without strong evidence
Down
  1. 1. Idea that nuclear war would destroy both sides
  2. 5. War between North and South Korea during the Cold War
  3. 6. Policy of stopping the spread of communism
  4. 8. Barrier separating East and West Berlin during the Cold War
  5. 9. Division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe
  6. 10. U.S. effort to supply West Berlin during a Soviet blockade
  7. 12. Idea that one country falling to communism would lead others to follow
  8. 13. U.S. program providing aid to rebuild Europe after WWII
  9. 14. U.S. policy supporting countries resisting communism
  10. 16. 1962 conflict over Soviet missiles in Cuba
  11. 17. Military alliance of communist countries led by the Soviet Union
  12. 18. Relaxation of tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union