The Cold War

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Across
  1. 2. US President during most of WWII who was present at the Yalta Conference
  2. 5. leader of the Soviet Union who broke promises he made at the Yalta Conference
  3. 10. leader of North Vietnamese communists during the Vietnam War
  4. 11. US document which brought forth the idea of containment and stated that the US would help any country facing the threat of communism
  5. 14. communist dictator who took over in Cuba in 1959
  6. 15. country in which communists and non-communists began fighting in 1946
  7. 16. island to which the Guomindang escaped and formed their own government in 1949
  8. 17. US President at the end of WWII who was present at the Potsdam Conference
  9. 19. Chinese communists ran away from the Guomindang, about 8,000 miles
  10. 21. Russian leader who took over when Gorbachev resigned
  11. 22. end of WWII conference at which Stalin promised to give self-determination to the people of Europe
  12. 23. economic restructuring associated with Gorbachev
  13. 24. US and British response to the Berlin Blockade
  14. 25. failed US attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in 1961
  15. 26. period of conflict or tension where two countries are not directly fighting each other
  16. 27. event during which Stalin tried to take over West Berlin by not allowing supplies to go in or out
  17. 29. Soviet Premier whose resignation signaled the end of the Cold War
  18. 30. US policy of not allowing communism to spread anywhere new
  19. 31. official name of communist China established in 1949
  20. 32. attempt by Mao to industrialize China and collectivize its agriculture
Down
  1. 1. countries get to determine for themselves what kind of government they will have
  2. 3. idea that if one Asian country is allowed to fall to communism, they all might
  3. 4. political openess associated with the Soviet Premier from 1985 to 1991
  4. 6. Conference where Vietnam was divided into communist North and non-communist South Vietnam
  5. 7. Soviet Premier in the 1960s
  6. 8. tragic event which occured when Beijing students peacefully protested in 1989
  7. 9. time period during which countries are competing to see who can amass the most weapons
  8. 12. first artificial satellite to orbit the earth in 1957
  9. 13. situation which occurred during the Cold War because both Soviet Union and US were worried about consequences of starting a nuclear war; neither country wanted to initiate it
  10. 14. British Prime Minister who was present at both Yalta and Potsdam
  11. 18. Chinese nationalist political party (non-communist)
  12. 20. 13-day period in 1962 during which there was a nuclear standoff between the US and USSR with nuclear weapons set up in Cuba and Turkey
  13. 24. willingness to go to the brink of nuclear war to get the other side to back down
  14. 28. defense alliance established in 1949 that included US, Canada, Great Britain, and many democratic Western European nations