Cold War Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Economic theory in which the government owns the means of production
  2. 3. U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War in which the U.S. tried to contain Communism by preventing it from spreading to other countries
  3. 6. Soviet Union policy that means restructuring
  4. 7. military alliance between the Western Countries
  5. 9. First man-made satellite launched into Space by the USSR
  6. 10. the international group whose goal was to prevent future wars
  7. 12. the relaxing of tension between the superpowers
  8. 14. The trio of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt (or Truman)
  9. 15. economic system where the people own the means of production
  10. 18. US theory that if one country falls to communism, many more would follow
  11. 20. Leader of USSR in 80s
  12. 23. the imaginary dividing line between Western Democracies and Soviet-influenced nations
  13. 24. Witch hunt of suspected communists in the US
  14. 25. military alliance between the Soviet-influenced nations
  15. 27. Line that divided North & South Korea
  16. 28. Soviet Union policy that means openness. It discouraged government secrecy
  17. 29. Competition between US and USSR the prove their superiority in technology in order to accomplish getting to outer space
Down
  1. 2. "MAD" - the guarantee that if one nation launched a nuclear attack, the other country would attack back, leaving them both destroyed
  2. 4. Code name for President Reagan's plan of developing technology that could shoot down potential nuclear weapons
  3. 5. US attempt to defeat Fidel Castro of Cuba
  4. 8. massive military build-up of nuclear weapons, by the USSR and US in order to gain military bragging rights
  5. 11. "Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles"
  6. 13. Underground structures, stocked with food and other supplies, that were intended to keep people safe from radioactive fallout following a nuclear attack
  7. 16. a extremely powerful and influential country
  8. 17. Soviet Union plan to keep West Germany from getting supplies to West Berlin
  9. 19. The response to the Blockade in order to get supplies to West Berlin by the Western nations, including the US
  10. 21. the physical divider of the city of Berlin
  11. 22. The closest the US & USSR ever got to War. USSR missiles in Cuba
  12. 24. US policy that gave aid to countries torn apart during WWII
  13. 26. US policy that gave aid to countries threatened by communism