UNIT 7 — Cold War

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Across
  1. 9. Line dividing North Korea and South Korea after the Korean War
  2. 11. Operation in which the US and Britain flew supplies into West Berlin during a Soviet blockade
  3. 13. Term used by Churchill to describe the division between communist and noncommunist Europe
  4. 14. US policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism
  5. 15. Policy promising aid to nations resisting communism especially Greece and Turkey
  6. 16. Growing public distrust of government statements during the Vietnam War
  7. 19. Nixons policy of gradually withdrawing US troops and turning fighting over to South Vietnam
  8. 20. Competition between the US and USSR to achieve superiority in space exploration
  9. 21. 1950 to 1953 conflict between North and South Korea involving the US and China
  10. 22. List of people banned from working in certain industries due to suspected communist ties
  11. 23. First artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
  12. 24. Postwar fear of communist influence inside the United States
Down
  1. 1. US economic aid program to rebuild Western Europe after World War Two
  2. 2. Belief that if one country fell to communism neighboring countries would follow
  3. 3. 1964 measure giving President Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam
  4. 4. Practice of making accusations of disloyalty without evidence named after Senator McCarthy
  5. 5. Competition between the US and USSR to build more powerful nuclear weapons
  6. 6. Long conflict in Southeast Asia involving the United States
  7. 7. Military alliance of the US Canada and Western European nations formed in 1949
  8. 8. 1989 event symbolizing the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe
  9. 10. Policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions between the US and USSR in the 1970s
  10. 12. Agreements limiting nuclear weapons between the US and USSR
  11. 16. Period of tension and competition between the United States and Soviet Union without direct fighting
  12. 17. Surprise attack by North Vietnamese forces during the 1968 holiday that reduced US support for the war
  13. 18. Soviet led military alliance of communist Eastern European nations