Cold War Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Organization that investigated people suspected of having ties to communism
  2. 4. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
  3. 8. Failed military landing in Cuba with the intent of overthrowing the Cuban Government
  4. 10. First orbiting satellite launched by the Soviet Union
  5. 11. Perimeter that was built to stop fleeing German citizens
  6. 13. Economic System where the community controls the production, distribution, and exchange of goods
  7. 15. Form of government in the Soviet Union
  8. 16. Dropping of goods into West Berlin
  9. 17. Term used by Winston Churchill in a speech to describe the divide in Europe
  10. 19. Truman pledged that the US would aid countries affected by communism
  11. 20. Soviet Union Defense Treaty to the creation of NATO
Down
  1. 2. 13-day confrontation between the US and Soviet Union
  2. 3. Economic System where private owners control free trade
  3. 5. Competiton between the US and Soviet Union to prove superiority in advanced technology
  4. 6. US foreign policy to suppress communism
  5. 7. Starting foundation for communism
  6. 9. Soviet Union leader during the Cold War, died in 1953
  7. 12. High tension between the US and the Soviet Union
  8. 14. US president during the Cold War
  9. 18. Organization that was founded in 1949 to keep world peace