Cold War

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Across
  1. 1. military pact for the Soviet Union and their allies
  2. 4. nations under the influence and pressure of the Soviet Union
  3. 5. A failed attempt by the U.S. and C.I.A. trained Cuban exiles, to infiltrate on Castro's Communist influence on Latin America.
  4. 6. operation that moved supplies into West Berlin by american and British Planes during Soviet blockade
  5. 7. easing of Cold War tensions and hostility between the east and west during 1970s
  6. 8. an economic system based on the holding of all property in common
  7. 11. 13 Day long stand off between the Soviet Union and The U.S., during which a blockade was imposed on Cuba, to prevent Soviet ships bringing missiles capable of attacking mainland America.
  8. 13. ideological barrier that divided eastern and western Europe during the cold war
  9. 14. war between North and South Vietnam
  10. 15. Gorbachev’s policy of “openness” through free speech and elections
  11. 16. belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would fall
  12. 22. an extremely powerful and influential nation
  13. 23. U.S aid plan designed to promote economic recovery in Europe after WW2
  14. 25. President of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  15. 26. mutual defense pact formed by the U.S, Canada, and Western Europe nations in 1949
Down
  1. 2. A free market where business owners control the economy
  2. 3. international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among nations
  3. 9. Leader of the Soviet Union at the end of WWII
  4. 10. President of the United States at the end of WWII.
  5. 11. the U.S policy of attempting to restrict soviet power and influence around the world by preventing the spread of communism
  6. 12. competition of space exploration between United States and Soviet Union
  7. 17. barrier built to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West.
  8. 18. a competition between nations to achieve weapons superiority
  9. 19. struggle for power that took place between the united states and the soviet union after WW2
  10. 20. first major battle of the Cold War fought by communist and non-communist
  11. 21. an indirect war with an enemy using a third party
  12. 24. The kind of bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki