Cold War Begins

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Across
  1. 5. The organization proposed by FDR to replace the League of Nations and stop future wars.
  2. 6. The U.S. President who promised military and economic help to nations resisting communism.
  3. 8. The site of the U.S. atomic project where Soviet spies stole nuclear secrets.
  4. 12. The political system where people vote for leaders and have multiple parties.
  5. 15. The type of Eastern European states Stalin controlled to act as a security barrier for the USSR.
  6. 16. The military alliance where an attack on one member nation is considered an attack on all.
  7. 19. The system where individuals and private businesses own land and factories.
  8. 20. The country where Stalin installed a puppet communist government despite promising free elections.
Down
  1. 1. The U.S. policy established by the Truman Doctrine to stop the spread of communism.
  2. 2. The competition between the U.S. and USSR to develop more powerful nuclear weapons.
  3. 3. The 1945 conference where Truman kept the atomic bomb secret from Stalin, fueling mistrust.
  4. 4. The status given to the U.S. and USSR after WWII due to their unmatched industrial growth.
  5. 7. A system where one political party has total control and no other parties are allowed.
  6. 9. The 11-month operation to drop food and supplies into West Berlin during a Soviet blockade.
  7. 10. The economic and political system where the government owns all land and resources.
  8. 11. The term for the division between the capitalist West and the communist East in Europe.
  9. 13. The German city divided into four sectors despite being deep within the Soviet occupation zone.
  10. 14. The early 1945 conference where the "Big Three" met to decide the future of the post-war world.
  11. 17. The $13 billion plan to rebuild Europe and prevent the spread of communism through economic aid.
  12. 18. The Soviet leader who wanted a "buffer zone" of satellite states for security.