Cold War Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Robinson- First African American baseball player in the MLB
  2. 3. Truman- President at the end of WW2 and the start of the Cold war
  3. 5. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  4. 6. Bill- Law that required benefits for returning WW2 veterans
  5. 8. Missile Crisis- 35-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union with nuclear weapons
  6. 12. D. Eisenhower- 34th president of the United States and during the end of the Korean War
  7. 14. Plan- proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe
  8. 15. Scare- Fear of communism amongst the West during the mid-20th century
Down
  1. 2. War- Often forgotten war between the North and South of two Asian countries
  2. 4. MacArthur- General of the Army and Commander in chief during the birth of the cold war
  3. 7. Airlift- military operation that supplied West Berlin with food and vital goods by air after the USSR blockaded the city
  4. 9. Nations- International government organization attempting to maintain world peace
  5. 10. Castro- Dictator of Cuba during the Cold War
  6. 11. Parallel- Point in which North and South Korean are divided to this day
  7. 13. Curtain- coined by Winston Churchill as the divide between communist Europe and the rest