Early Cold War
Across
- 1. political and economic theory that promotes the equitable distribution of wealth through government owned industry
- 3. Former government attorney accused of being a Communist spy and convicted of perjury
- 4. A Soviet leader from 1941-1953
- 6. Leader of Chinese Communists
- 9. Term used to describe how the US and its allies provided supplies to the people of West Berlin during the Berlin Blockade
- 12. Phrase coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Communist countries of Eastern Europe
- 14. The US policy to prevent the spread of communism
- 15. the practice of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression
- 18. Violation of Constitutional freedoms
- 19. A city divided into zones of occupation
- 20. The conflict that began in 1950 and ended in 1953
- 21. Started because the launch of the first satellite
Down
- 1. First satellite launched by USSR
- 2. A plan to aid European countries rebuild after WWII
- 3. Congressional group created to investigate Communist influence within the United States, especially in Hollywood
- 5. Communist country led by Stalin
- 7. Large island off the coast of China that the Nationalists fled to in 1949; also known as Formosa
- 8. Guatemalan president overthrown in 1954
- 10. The first US president to face the Cold War
- 11. USSR and Eastern Europe pact
- 13. An alliance of democratic countries formed during the Cold War
- 16. term used to describe the result of the Korean War
- 17. The CIA assisted in overthrowing the government of this Middle Eastern nation in 1953
- 22. Country through which the Suez Canal flows