Cold War Begins
Across
- 5. The organization proposed by FDR to replace the League of Nations and stop future wars.
- 6. The U.S. President who promised military and economic help to nations resisting communism.
- 8. The site of the U.S. atomic project where Soviet spies stole nuclear secrets.
- 12. The political system where people vote for leaders and have multiple parties.
- 15. The type of Eastern European states Stalin controlled to act as a security barrier for the USSR.
- 16. The military alliance where an attack on one member nation is considered an attack on all.
- 19. The system where individuals and private businesses own land and factories.
- 20. The country where Stalin installed a puppet communist government despite promising free elections.
Down
- 1. The U.S. policy established by the Truman Doctrine to stop the spread of communism.
- 2. The competition between the U.S. and USSR to develop more powerful nuclear weapons.
- 3. The 1945 conference where Truman kept the atomic bomb secret from Stalin, fueling mistrust.
- 4. The status given to the U.S. and USSR after WWII due to their unmatched industrial growth.
- 7. A system where one political party has total control and no other parties are allowed.
- 9. The 11-month operation to drop food and supplies into West Berlin during a Soviet blockade.
- 10. The economic and political system where the government owns all land and resources.
- 11. The term for the division between the capitalist West and the communist East in Europe.
- 13. The German city divided into four sectors despite being deep within the Soviet occupation zone.
- 14. The early 1945 conference where the "Big Three" met to decide the future of the post-war world.
- 17. The $13 billion plan to rebuild Europe and prevent the spread of communism through economic aid.
- 18. The Soviet leader who wanted a "buffer zone" of satellite states for security.