Cold War Review

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Across
  1. 4. Competition with the USSR to have the most nuclear missiles
  2. 5. ___________ Theory: Idea used to justify the wars in Korea and Vietnam
  3. 8. Policy of limiting the influence of communism around the world
  4. 9. JFK’s VP who became president in 1963
  5. 11. American general who was “fired” for provoking China to enter the Korean War
  6. 13. Paranoia and persecution of suspected communists in the United States
Down
  1. 1. America’s “rival” during the Cold War
  2. 2. _____________ Doctrine: Containment strategy that gave economic and military aid to Greece and Turkey
  3. 3. ____________ Plan: Containment strategy that gave $13 billion to European countries recovering from WWII
  4. 6. Wisconsin Senator who accused public figures of communism without proof
  5. 7. Strategy used by President Kennedy to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis without provoking nuclear war
  6. 10. President elected in 1960 over Richard Nixon
  7. 12. Country where the U.S. and Britain conducted a secret coup in response to oil nationalization