1960s Cold War

1. - US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
4. - US spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960.
5. of Pigs - Failed invasion of Cuba by US-backed forces in 1961.
7. - A type of weapon that uses atomic energy to cause destruction.
9. - A weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.
11. - Country where the US fought a long and divisive war during the Cold War era.
12. - A conflict where two powers support opposing sides in a smaller country.
15. - Mutual Assured Destruction, a doctrine of nuclear deterrence.
17. - Soviet satellite that was the first to be launched into orbit.
18. - The willingness to go to the brink of war to achieve political goals.

1. - Soviet leader during the early 1960s.
2. - German city divided by the Wall during the Cold War.
3. - A person who gathers secret information about another country or organization.
5. Wall - Concrete barrier built to separate East and West Berlin.
6. - Communist leader of Cuba during the Cold War.
8. race - A competition between nations to have the most powerful weapons.
10. - A period of relaxed tensions between the US and the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
13. - Term used to describe Communist countries or sympathizers during the Cold War.
14. - The "race" between the US and the Soviet Union to explore outer space.
16. - Weapons and military equipment used during the Cold War.