Unit 8: Cold War Review

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Across
  1. 7. This invasion in Cuba was a failed attempt to overthrow its Communist dictator
  2. 9. The first Russian satellite to orbit the Earth; as a result of this, the US began to emphasize math and science in schools
  3. 11. Nations This international organization was created after WW2 to provide a way to negotiate disputes
  4. 12. This was a prominent structure and symbol of the Cold War that separated the East and West parts of this German city
  5. 13. This Wisconsin senator gained fame by making claims there were Communists inside the US government
  6. 15. Nixon’s flexible foreign policy that had the goal of easing tensions with Communist nations
  7. 17. ___________ I Treaty: a five year agreement between the US and USSR to limit the countries’ number of missiles
  8. 18. This said that the US would aid any nation in resisting communism, and became the guiding force of American foreign policy during the Cold War
  9. 22. The competition between the US and USSR to develop the best technology and weapons
  10. 23. This is an international organization created by the US and its allies in 1949 to prevent attacks by the Soviet Union (acronym only)
  11. 24. A military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellite nations
  12. 25. A series of attacks by the Viet Cong, this resulted in a decrease in public support for the Vietnam War
  13. 26. After three years of fighting in this war, the North and South remained divided by the 38th parallel
  14. 27. This proposed defense initiative was also called “Star Wars,” and had the goal of defending the US against missile attacks
Down
  1. 1. The policy of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any show of aggression
  2. 2. This called for giving away billions of dollars in aid to help rebuild war-torn Europe
  3. 3. This Resolution gave the President a “blank check” to wage war in Vietnam, increasing the power of the POTUS (2 words: _________ ________ Resolution)
  4. 4. This phrase means, “an attack on one is considered an attack on all.”
  5. 5. The US will take necessary measures to stop the spread of communism
  6. 6. This was the theory that if one land in a region came under the influence of Communists, then more would follow
  7. 8. This was a delivery of supplies in a German city to circumvent the Soviet blockade
  8. 10. This long conflict in Southeast Asia ended with the US withdrawing troops and the South surrendering to the North in 1975.
  9. 14. This Crisis was caused by the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba made Americans fear an imminent nuclear attack
  10. 16. The withdrawal of US troops and transfer of the war effort to the government of South Vietnam
  11. 19. This chemical herbicide was used to get rid of vegetation in Vietnam
  12. 20. Congress passed this act to limit the President’s authority to wage war
  13. 21. This is a term that describes severe anti-communist suspicion in the US in the 1940s and 1950s