JFK's Cold War

2. two candidates in the 1960 presidential election
5. a sudden overthrow of the government
7. this media influenced voter decisions in the 1960 election
8. This Soviet leader approved construction of the Berlin Wall
12. special armed forces which were part of JFK's defense spending
13. the Cuban Missile Crisis lasted __ days.
14. the Bay of Pigs invasion prompted Castro to seek an alliance with this country
16. The US policy meant to prevent the spread of communism
19. USSR's collective security alliance with the Eastern Bloc
20. an attempted overthrow of Castro's government in 1959
21. JFK believed the US should be prepared to respond to all types of threats, not just nuclear war
22. This president planned a coup d'etat of Castro's government but passed it off to his successor
23. the physical symbol of the Cold War

1. He deescalated a nuclear crisis in 1962
3. collective security alliance of the West
4. JFK's youth program which aimed to promote the US and democracy while assisting in healthcare, education, in the "Third World"
6. The category in which JFK increased the budget $6 billion
9. He led a 1959 revolution in Cuba
10. In a speech, Churchill referred to this figurative division between the East and the West
11. In 1962, this event placed the US on the brink of nuclear war
13. The US placed Jupiter missiles in this country
15. JFK increased spending in order to preserve peace and avoid nuclear war
17. In this region, the Alliance for Progress was not very successful due to the distrust of the US and past CIA interference
18. The 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty forbade nuclear tests in these zones