Cold War

3. A guarded concert barrier that encircled West Berlin
6. struggle for power with the Soviet Union and the United States that lasted from the end of WW2
9. An economic system characterized by private ownership of the means of production
10. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
11. A 13-day confrontation between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union
13. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
15. is "rule by the people"; a system of government
16. An economic system dealing with wealth
19. The first major international crisis of the Cold war.
20. House Un-American Activities Committees

1. Churchill's term to describe the growing divide between western democracies
2. United Nations
4. a massive military build, especially in nuclear weapons by both the Soviet Union and the United states in an effort to gain military access
5. War with active military hostilities
7. A bomb that rapidly releases nuclear energy
8. A competition between the Soviet Union and the United States to prove their superior technology
12. A political and economic theory
14. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
17. purposely escalating a dangerous situation to a limit
18. A political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear