The Iron Curtain

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Across
  1. 5. The year the Berlin Wall was built.
  2. 6. The country that was the first to fall under Soviet influence in 1948, located between Germany and the Soviet Union.
  3. 7. A term used for the strategy to prevent the spread of communism, often associated with U.S. foreign policy.
  4. 8. A famous speech delivered by Winston Churchill in 1946 that coined the term "Iron Curtain."
  5. 11. The Cold War event that resulted in a U.S.-Soviet standoff in 1962.
  6. 14. The location of the first major conflict between East and West during the Cold War, in 1950.
  7. 15. The type of government often associated with countries under Soviet control during the Iron Curtain era.
Down
  1. 1. This country’s Berlin Wall was a key physical symbol of the Iron Curtain.
  2. 2. The military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its satellite states.
  3. 3. This major Soviet satellite state is known for the Prague Spring of 1968.
  4. 4. A term used for countries under Soviet control, often referred to as the "Eastern Bloc."
  5. 9. A major river separating East and West Germany.
  6. 10. The famous U.S. president who delivered the "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963.
  7. 12. The leader of the Soviet Union during the beginning of the Cold War.
  8. 13. A city divided by the Iron Curtain, where an iconic wall physically separated East and West.