The Iron Curtain

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Across
  1. 1. Location of a major confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union in 1962
  2. 5. Country divided by the Iron Curtain
  3. 6. A U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism
  4. 8. Nickname for the U.S. foreign policy of confronting communist expansion
  5. 9. Leader of the U.S. during most of the Cold War
  6. 11. The first U.S. president during the Cold War
  7. 14. Event where the U.S. and USSR came close to nuclear war in 1962
  8. 15. Famous symbol of the Iron Curtain between East and West Berlin
  9. 16. The military alliance formed by Western countries to counter Soviet influence
Down
  1. 2. Capital City divided by the Berlin Wall
  2. 3. The alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries
  3. 4. Soviet satellite state in Central Europe
  4. 7. Term used by Churchill to describe the division of Europe during the Cold War
  5. 8. The ideological system promoted by the Soviet Union
  6. 10. Policy to prevent the spread of communism, including the Marshall Plan
  7. 12. The Western European countries' response to Soviet threats
  8. 13. Leader of the Soviet Union during the Cold War