The Cold War

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Across
  1. 1. The "_____" plan aided European countries economically post-WWII by offering certain European countries substantial funds.
  2. 6. A conference attended by the US, the USSR, and Britain in 1945 that finalized post-World War II plans for Europe.
  3. 8. The Truman "_____" provided economic and military aid to countries that were attempting to resist Communism.
  4. 9. US foreign policy attempting to restrict the expansion of Soviet influence around the world.
  5. 11. The "____" Pact was a response to the formation of NATO.
  6. 12. A military alliance formed in 1949 among the US, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Iceland, Italy, Britain, Denmark, Norway, and Portugal to establish collective security against the USSR.
Down
  1. 2. A nation that is so powerful that it influences or controls less powerful states.
  2. 3. The working class in a society.
  3. 4. Mutually Assured "_____" is the principal that either side would respond to a nuclear attack by launching its own missiles, which helped prevent the Cold War from becoming a hot war.
  4. 5. The "_____" trial charged two Americans with passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, which resulted in the execution of each defendant.
  5. 7. The practice of publicly accusing people of subversive activities without evidence to back up the charges in 1950s America.
  6. 10. The "_____" race was a competition between nations to achieve the more powerful weapons arsenal.