Cold War

2. Communist Leader of Cuba
4. _________ Doctrine was the US policy to contain communism
8. US government committee that investigated reports of communism
9. _______ Pact was the alliance of communist countries
11. Mutually Assured _______ helped prevent the USSR and US from ever actually fighting
14. ______ Wars where US and USSR are involved and supporting sides but not fighting each other
16. City that the USSR blockaded and US flew supplies to
17. US President at the beginning of the Cold War
19. US created this after falling behind in the Space Race
21. Competition between US and USSR to build the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons
22. Berlin ____ was built to stop citizens from fleeing East Berlin to non-communist West Berlin
23. Theory that if one nation fell to communism surrounding nations would fall too
24. Bay of _____ Invasion was a failed invasion of Cuba organized by the CIA
25. US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
26. Proxy War that resulted in a division at the 38th parallel
28. Iron _______ was the division of communist and non communist countries in Europe

1. US fear of ______ weapons led to duck and cover drills and bomb shelters becoming popular
3. 1st Satellite in Space
5. US Senator that led the witch hunts for communists in US
6. ______ Plan allowed the US to give money to European countries resisting communism to help rebuild their economy.
7. US strategy of pushing to the point of war to prevent USSR from gaining power
10. SOviet leader at the beginning of the Cold War
12. American Spy Plane shot down over USSR
13. Location of standoff between USSR and US over missiles
15. USSR spies that were executed in America
18. Alliance of non-communist countries
20. Competition between US and USSR to get to the moon
27. Leader of the communist revolution in China