Cold War Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. A system of government where citizens vote for their leaders
  2. 5. The dividing line between North and South Korea
  3. 8. The first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
  4. 10. A US policy promising support to countries resisting communism
  5. 12. A democratic superpower during the Cold War
  6. 14. A military alliance of Western countries against Soviet expansion
  7. 15. A communist country that invaded the South, starting the Korean War
  8. 18. A political system where the government has total control over all aspects of life
  9. 21. The symbolic division between communist and non-communist Europe
  10. 22. A safety drill taught to schoolchildren in case of a nuclear attack
  11. 23. The US policy to stop the spread of communism
  12. 24. A Soviet-led alliance of communist nations in response to NATO
Down
  1. 1. A 1960 event where a US spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace
  2. 2. A democratic nation supported by the US during the Korean War
  3. 4. Eastern European nations under Soviet influence during the Cold War
  4. 6. The leading communist nation in the Cold War
  5. 7. A protective underground structure built during the Cold War for nuclear attacks
  6. 9. A US senator known for accusing people of being communists
  7. 11. The US president during most of WWII, who met with Stalin and Churchill
  8. 13. The largest communist country after a revolution in 1949
  9. 16. A US economic aid program to rebuild Europe and prevent communism
  10. 17. The leader of the Soviet Union during WWII and the early Cold War
  11. 19. The US and allied effort to supply West Berlin despite a Soviet blockade
  12. 20. A congressional committee that investigated communist influence in the US
  13. 23. The period of tension between the US and USSR after WWII