Cold War Study Guide

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Across
  1. 1. This organization is formed by the United States and its allies to counter the influence of the Soviet Union and its allies
  2. 6. The first man in space
  3. 8. Nixon's policy to ease tensions between the USSR and the US
  4. 9. This is the dividing line between North and South Korea before and after the Korean War
  5. 10. This is the acronym for the committee that investigated those suspected of communism
  6. 11. The plan for how the U.S. will protect citizens in the event of nuclear war
  7. 12. This campaign during the Vietnam War proved that it would not be an easy victory and would turn the US public opinion against the war
  8. 13. The idea that if one country falls to communism then surrounding countries will follow
Down
  1. 2. The policy that would provide support to countries threatened by communism
  2. 3. This general will be fired by Truman for insubordination and causes China to join the Korean War
  3. 4. The launch of this will mark the beginning of the space race
  4. 5. The idea that communism can exist but not spread any further
  5. 7. The period in the 1950s when many people were falsely accused of being communists