Cold War Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. curtain -Was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1992
  2. 6. -An American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States
  3. 9. -The political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis of communism.
  4. 10. - Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR
  5. 11. doctrine -Was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
  6. 13. plan -Was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion
  7. 15. War -War in Vietnam
  8. 17. party -Is a political party that advocates the application of the social and economic principles of communism through state policy.
  9. 20. Charlie -Was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.
  10. 21. phone -Is a "confidence building measure" and communications system designed to decrease tensions and prevent accidental nuclear war by providing direct contact between the leaders of the United States and Russia.
  11. 24. chi minh -Was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was Chairman and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam.
  12. 27. -The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.
  13. 30. francis powers -Was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency
  14. 31. and Cover -A civil defense social guidance film that is often popularly mischaracterized as propaganda
  15. 32. -An international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe
  16. 34. -Was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974, the only president to resign the office
  17. 35. -A Soviet statesman who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  18. 37. -The principal policy making committee of a communist party.
  19. 38. -Is a Russian and formerly Soviet politician. He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party
  20. 40. -Is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces
  21. 42. race -The competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration.
  22. 43. race -Was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States
Down
  1. 1. -Was a socialist union in Eurasia that existed from 22 December 1922 to 26 December 1991
  2. 3. Assured Destruction -Is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender
  3. 4. -An object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical weapon.
  4. 5. -A Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth
  5. 7. -Has several general and specific meanings. It has been used in Russian to mean "openness and transparency" since at least the end of the eighteenth century
  6. 8. pact -Known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw
  7. 12. -The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
  8. 13. -Is the practice in the United States of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.
  9. 14. -A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
  10. 16. -A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
  11. 18. -The Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite
  12. 19. -Was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s and 1990s
  13. 20. -Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba
  14. 22. - Is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program
  15. 23. shelter -A building or other structure designed to protect people from radioactive fallout after a nuclear explosion.
  16. 25. -A list of people or groups regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and often marked down for punishment or exclusion.
  17. 26. -Soviet politician who led the Soviet union
  18. 27. wall -Was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
  19. 28. War -War between north and south korea
  20. 29. -He was assassinated
  21. 31. Theory -Was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism
  22. 33. -Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
  23. 36. -A very powerful and influential nation
  24. 39. state -A state that is economically, politically, or militarily subordinate to another more powerful state
  25. 41. Missile Crisis -Missile scare between the US and Soviet Union.
  26. 44. zedong -As a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China