Cold War Vocab
Across
- 4. defense strategy built around the threat of a world ending nuclear war
- 5. U.S. pledge to stop the spread of communism throughout the world
- 10. fear of communist infiltration of the United States that threatened national security
- 11. military alliance intended to enforce the security of the U.S. and Western Europe
- 12. russian military alliance with 7 satellite nations as a response to NATO
- 13. mass-scale transport of food and supplies to West Berlin during the Soviet blockade
- 15. attack on population centers in south vietnam, increased war opposition in the U.S.
Down
- 1. term used to describe harassment of suspected political communists
- 2. house of representatives committee that investigated domestic communism
- 3. political conflict between the United States and Soviet Union
- 6. belief that the Soviet Union would spread communism throughout the world
- 7. war between the north communist and south backed by NATO of this country
- 8. belief that if one country fell to communism, the countries around it would suffer a similar fate
- 9. describes the ideological and political divide between the Soviet Union and United States
- 14. physical and ideological barrier between east and west sides of this city