Cold War: Beginnings, Korea, Berlin, Cuban Missile Crisis

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Across
  1. 3. Promises required by Americans to prove non-communist beliefs
  2. 6. Strategy of pushing conflict to the edge of war
  3. 8. Communist-backed nation in the Korean War
  4. 10. Communist leader of Cuba during the Cold War
  5. 13. U.S. spy agency created to handle foreign intelligence
  6. 16. U.S. naval strategy during the missile crisis
  7. 17. Ideological conflict between the U.S. and USSR, 1945–1991
  8. 18. U.S. President at the start of the Cold War
  9. 19. Soviet leader at the start of the Cold War
  10. 21. Belief systems that shaped the Cold War conflict
  11. 23. Soviet spy agency
  12. 24. U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  13. 26. Barrier dividing East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989
  14. 29. U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism
  15. 31. Public effort to reduce war and weapons during the Cold War
  16. 32. Soviet military alliance in response to NATO
  17. 35. Countries aligned with either side in Cold War conflicts
  18. 36. Imaginary divide between Western Europe and the Soviet sphere
  19. 38. Eastern European nations under Soviet control
  20. 41. Democratic section of postwar Germany
  21. 46. Type of coverage that shaped public opinion in Cold War events
  22. 47. U.S. program to help rebuild Europe after WWII
  23. 48. 1962 standoff over Soviet missiles in Cuba
  24. 50. Final WWII conference before Cold War tensions rose
  25. 51. Buffer zone between North and South Korea
  26. 52. Communist superpower and rival of the U.S.
Down
  1. 1. Deterrent concept where both sides would be destroyed in nuclear war
  2. 2. Media used to influence public opinion during the Cold War
  3. 4. Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  4. 5. 1950–1953 conflict dividing Korea at the 38th parallel
  5. 7. U.S. general who led forces in Korea before being dismissed
  6. 8. Type of weapons central to the Cold War arms race
  7. 9. Idea that if one country fell to communism, others would follow
  8. 11. First artificial satellite launched by the USSR
  9. 12. Direct communication between U.S. and USSR leaders
  10. 14. Soviet attempt to cut off West Berlin (1948–49)
  11. 15. U.S.-backed nation in the Korean War
  12. 20. Nickname for JFK’s presidency, evoking hope and idealism
  13. 22. Democratic superpower in the Cold War
  14. 25. Individuals who opposed Soviet rule
  15. 27. Treaties aiming to reduce the number of nuclear weapons
  16. 28. Allied operation to supply Berlin during the blockade
  17. 30. Western military alliance formed in 1949
  18. 33. Competition between U.S. and USSR for nuclear superiority
  19. 34. U.S. anti-communist movement of the 1950s
  20. 37. Spying used by both sides during the Cold War
  21. 39. Frontier for Cold War competition and technology
  22. 40. Entered the Korean War to support North Korea
  23. 42. Term used for non-aligned nations during the Cold War
  24. 43. Soviet-controlled section of postwar Germany
  25. 44. 1945 conference where postwar Europe was planned
  26. 45. U.S. agency formed in response to the space race
  27. 49. Failed invasion of Cuba by U.S.-backed exiles (1961)