Across
- 2. The easing of relations between the U.S and U.S.S.R in the 70s and 80s. Their improved status led to the lessened tension that would end up bringing down the Iron Curtain.
- 8. - is a form of government in which the people of the country vote for the leaders of the country. Promoted by the United States and trying to gain territory that uses this type of government.
- 9. - The fear of communism from Eastern European countries. The U.S’s fear led to many Americans who (rightfully or wrongfully) were prosecuted for potential communist beliefs.
- 10. - individual people do not own private property, factories, or machines; the government of the community holds all these things. Is a type of government as well as an economic system.
- 12. - This US policy called for not allowing communism to spread. A foreign policy that would prevent the USSR from gaining anymore countries and expanding their sphere of influence.
- 13. - The plan provided aid to help rebuild the democracies of Europe after ww2. Because they had funds, countries were more likely to support capitalism instead of communism.
- 14. - A group of nations including the U.S meant to promote peace and democracy around the world. NATO was meant to prevent potential aggression from the USSR and the Soviet bloc.
Down
- 1. - The democratic section of Germany influenced by the U.S, France, and Britain. West Germany exemplified the benefits of democracy that East Germany had crushed in favor of communism.
- 3. - The communist section of Germany, the division between the democratic side and communist side of germany.
- 4. - The American president from 1945 to 1953. Truman oversaw the end of WW2 and Stalin’s efforts to promote communism, leading him to use the U.S’s newfound status as a superpower to provide aid to Europe to ensure democracy would spread against the contained efforts of the Soviet Union.
- 5. - Erected in 1959 to separate East Germany from West Germany. The wall represented the barrier between the influence of the USSR’s communism hold and the rest of Western Europe.
- 6. - premier of Russia during the race to get satellites into space between Russia and the United States. He used many propaganda techniques to try to fool the world of Russia's intentions. President's Eisenhower and Kennedy dealt with his communist tricks in Berlin and Cuba.
- 7. - The Communist equivalent of NATO led by the U.S.S.R. The pact was meant to control a large Soviet bloc around Eastern Europe and deter countries from joining NATO and siding with the U.S.
- 11. - The Soviet dictator from 1929 to 1953. Stalin promoted communism and wanted to spread its ideals across Europe, with Soviet control of East Germany being the farthest sect he reached.
- 12. - A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; placed Soviet military missiles in Cuba, which had come under Soviet influence. Highest point of tension between both countries