Cold War

2. Bomba, largest nuclear weapon ever tested (belonged to the USSR)
6. Peace Accord, peace treaty that was signed in Paris to finish the Vietnam War
7. eight, for how many years did the Berlin Wall stand?
10. Offensive, strategy by the Viet Cong and North Vietnam that consisted of attacking every major city in South Vietnam
13. Nations, international organization created to maintain peace and security
14. War I, one of the first events in modern history concentrated in time and global scope (first modern war)
16. US presidency from 1945 to 1953 (made the containment policy)
17. Korea, part of Korea that is communist (was aided by the USSR)
19. Korea, part of Korea that is communist (was aided by the US)
20. Depression, worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world
21. of Pigs, when US tried to fight the communist part of Cuba
26. Vietnam, part of Vietnam that was communist
27. when people in the US were being accused of being communist
28. Theory, theory that said that if one region fell over communism surrounding countries would follow in a domino effect

1. Retaliation, that a massive attack would be responded with a massive nuclear response
3. type of government the US wanted to spread
4. Germany, capitalist part of Germany
5. Strip, part of the Berlin Wall that was covered with ammunition, fences, guards, spikes, alarms etc.
8. War II, continuation of WWI
9. Castro, communist leader of Cuba
11. for how many years did the two koreas were fighting before they signed a peace accord and cease-fire
12. Vietnam, non-communist part of Vietnam
15. Germany, communist part of Germany
17. military alliance of capitalist countries
18. Scare, fear that communism was going to spread and destroy the US
19. USSR’s leader
22. the type of government the USSR wanted to spread
23. Missile Crisis, the closest that the world has ever been to a nuclear war
24. Treaty Organization, military alliance of communist countries
25. Kennedy, president of the US from 1961 to 1963