The Iron Curtain
Across
- 1. The doctrine that stated that the United States would provide military and economic assistance to any country threatened by communism.
- 4. The Soviet satellite state where a failed uprising against communist rule occurred in 1956.
- 7. The term used to describe the dividing line between Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
- 8. The term used to describe the period of tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
- 10. The term used to describe the period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, crushed by Soviet intervention.
- 12. The Soviet satellite state where a failed uprising against communist rule occurred in 1968.
- 13. The U.S. Senator known for his anti-communist investigations and hearings in the 1950s.
- 14. The city that was divided into East and West sectors, leading to the Berlin Wall being built.
Down
- 2. The military alliance formed by Western European countries and the United States to counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
- 3. How many soviet soldiers and civilians died in the war?
- 5. The U.S. policy of providing economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II, aimed at preventing the spread of communism.
- 6. The Soviet satellite state where a peaceful revolution in 1989 led to the fall of communism.
- 9. The Soviet satellite state where a pro-democracy movement in 1989 led to the fall of communism.
- 11. The leader of the Soviet Union who initiated policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in the 1980s.
- 12. The economic system characterized by state ownership of the means of production, common in Eastern Bloc countries.