Cold War

3. Leader of the Soviet Union at the end of WWII
5. mutual defense pact formed by the U.S, Canada, and Western Europe nations in 1949
8. system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common
9. struggle for power that took place between the united states and the soviet union after WW2
10. President of the U.S. during the Cuban Missile Crisis
11. a competition between nations to achieve weapons superiority
12. easing of Cold War tensions and hostility between the east and west during 1970s
14. an indirect war with an enemy using a third party
19. barrier built to prevent East Germans from fleeing to the West.
21. A free market where business owners control the economy
24. first major battle of the Cold War fought by communist and non-communist
26. operation that moved supplies into West Berlin by american and British Planes during Soviet blockade
27. war between North and South Vietnam

1. 13 Day long stand off between the Soviet Union and The U.S., during which a blockade was imposed on Cuba, to prevent Soviet ships bringing missiles capable of attacking mainland America.
2. A failed attempt by the U.S. and C.I.A. trained Cuban exiles, to infiltrate on Castro's Communist influence on Latin America.
4. The kind of bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
6. President of the United States at the end of WWII.
7. curtain ideological barrier that divided eastern and western Europe during the cold war
13. nations under the influence and pressure of the Soviet Union
15. the U.S policy of attempting to restrict soviet power and influence around the world by preventing the spread of communism
16. a very extremely powerful and dominant nations United Nations, international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among nations’
17. Gorbachev’s policy of “openness” through free speech and elections
18. international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation among nations
20. military pact for the Soviet Union and their allies
22. U.S aid plan designed to promote economic recovery in Europe after WW2
23. belief that if Vietnam fell to the communists, the rest of Asia would fall
25. competition of space exploration between United States and Soviet Union