The Cold War

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Across
  1. 7. This US plan provided food and economic aid to European countries after WWII
  2. 8. This proxy war failed to contain communism
  3. 10. The Soviets invaded this country to prop up a failing communist gov't
  4. 13. The US policy to stop the spread of communism
  5. 16. The period of tense relations and conflict between the US and SU after WWII
  6. 17. A policy meant to shift the Soviet Union's economy towards a more free market which led to its collapse
  7. 19. Communist military alliance led by the SU
  8. 20. This crisis was sparked by the Soviets placing nuclear missiles on an island of the coast of Florida
  9. 21. Democratic military alliance led by the US
Down
  1. 1. The name for a period of extreme fear of communism in the US
  2. 2. The Soviet blockade of this city led to the airlift of food and aid
  3. 3. A Soviet policy for more openness with the West, and a relaxing of restraints on Soviet citizenry
  4. 4. The easing of political tensions between the US and SU
  5. 5. The knowledge that the use of nuclear weapons would cause mutual destruction
  6. 6. This proxy war ended with a DMZ line dividing the country between democracy and communism
  7. 9. These communist countries were heavily influenced and controlled by the SU
  8. 11. Symbolic dividing line between democracy and communism in Europe
  9. 12. This concrete barrier was built to stop East Germans from escaping communism
  10. 14. A time of conflict fought through third parties
  11. 15. This was the US policy to support any country threatened by communism
  12. 18. The leader who created the Glasnost + Perestroika policies that led to the collapse of the SU