Cold War Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Dictator of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  2. 4. Assassinated John F. Kennedy in Houston
  3. 6. President that negoiated a peace deal between Israel and Egypt
  4. 9. Trials that would convict German war criminals for their actions during WW2
  5. 11. U.S. senator that accused scores of government officials of being communists
  6. 14. Country that collapsed in 1991
  7. 15. First major proxy war fought between the Soviet Union and the United States
  8. 17. Was president when WW2 ended
  9. 20. President that got impeached because of Watergate Scandal
  10. 23. Financial plan that would aim at rebuilding Western Europe
  11. 24. Was president when Mikhail Gorbachev took over the Soviet Union
  12. 25. Soviet satelite that triggered the Space Race
  13. 26. Proxy war fought between the Soviet Union and United States in Southeast Asia
  14. 27. Japanese Emperor that was hanged after WW2
Down
  1. 2. First president to acknowledge the arms race
  2. 3. Structure that came to symbolize the Cold War
  3. 5. Was assassinated and the youngest US president
  4. 7. Gave veterans financial aid for a higher level of education
  5. 8. President that banned the use of nuclear weapons in Earth's orbit
  6. 10. President that pardoned Nixon after taking office
  7. 12. Soviet Union put nuclear missiles within range of the United States
  8. 13. Became president at the beginning of the end of the Cold War
  9. 16. International organization designed to prevent another major conflict
  10. 18. North Vietnamese attempt at winning the war that caused U.S. opinion of the war to decline
  11. 19. Term for the exponential growth of United States population after WW2
  12. 21. Established the voting age at 18 years old
  13. 22. United States attempt at overthrowing Fidel Castro