Across
- 1. Organization that investigated people suspected of having ties to communism
- 4. The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958
- 8. Failed military landing in Cuba with the intent of overthrowing the Cuban Government
- 10. First orbiting satellite launched by the Soviet Union
- 11. Perimeter that was built to stop fleeing German citizens
- 13. Economic System where the community controls the production, distribution, and exchange of goods
- 15. Form of government in the Soviet Union
- 16. Dropping of goods into West Berlin
- 17. Term used by Winston Churchill in a speech to describe the divide in Europe
- 19. Truman pledged that the US would aid countries affected by communism
- 20. Soviet Union Defense Treaty to the creation of NATO
Down
- 2. 13-day confrontation between the US and Soviet Union
- 3. Economic System where private owners control free trade
- 5. Competiton between the US and Soviet Union to prove superiority in advanced technology
- 6. US foreign policy to suppress communism
- 7. Starting foundation for communism
- 9. Soviet Union leader during the Cold War, died in 1953
- 12. High tension between the US and the Soviet Union
- 14. US president during the Cold War
- 18. Organization that was founded in 1949 to keep world peace
