Across
- 1. of Pigs Failed 1961 US invasion of Cuba
- 2. Race Competition between US and USSR to explore space
- 4. Plan US plan that gave $13 billion to rebuild Europe after WWII
- 6. US policy to stop the spread of communism
- 10. Pact Soviet equivalent of NATO, formed in 1955
- 11. Period of eased tensions between US and USSR in the 1970s
- 13. War 1950-1953 war between communist North and US-backed South
Down
- 1. Airlift 1948-49 operation where US flew supplies into West Berlin
- 3. Military alliance formed by US and Western Europe in 1949
- 5. Leader of the Soviet Union during most of the Cold War until 1953
- 6. Missile Crisis 13-day nuclear standoff between US and USSR in 1962
- 7. US senator known for hunting communists in the 1950s
- 8. Castro Communist leader of Cuba allied with USSR
- 9. Doctrine 1947 US policy to give aid to countries threatened by communism
- 12. Wall Barrier that divided East and West Berlin from 1961-1989