Cold War- Cuban Missile Crisis Crossword

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  1. 4. Castro feared this action by the U.S. after failed attempts to take him out of office.
  2. 5. The type of military force that was bolstered in Europe to provide continental security even though 400 nuclear weapons were ordered to be created by 1953.
  3. 6. members of a religious group that called for a new government in Cuba in February of 1958.
  4. 8. The tone in Castro's speeches that made Cuba seem like a near-enemy base for the USSR.
  5. 9. The location of the signing of an agreement of mutual defense in the Americas that the U.S. created to reduce instability and the threat of communist revolution; a year prior to Truman's OAS creation in 1948.
  6. 10. The part of Europe that was within the "Soviet Sphere."
  7. 14. The name of (and the name of the man behind) a policy to support European countries from communist aggression.
  8. 15. the feeling felt by many U.S. officials when Castro came into power but faded soon... and then came back.
  9. 18. The country in which the U.S. sponsored a coup in 1954 that was inspired by suspected communist leadership and involvement in the country in question. Later the U.S. was blamed for events that followed the coup.
  10. 21. Warfare used by Fidel Castro and his supporters in 1956 and on. In return, Batista retaliated with more repression and violence.
  11. 22. The leader that both presidential candidates in the 1960 election vowed they could "stand up to."
  12. 23. The other North American partner of NATO at its creation in 1949.
  13. 24. The tactical move by the USSR over Western Berlin in 1948.
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  1. 1. The situation that seemed to be looming between the USSR/Cuba and the U.S. After Castro declared Cuba a communist state, the USSR built up Castro's sophisticated arsenal, and the U.S. involved itself in Latin America and removed Cuba's OAS status, this seemed to be looming.
  2. 2. The name of another unsuccessful CIA-sponsored operation in Cuba.
  3. 3. He used propaganda to argue that Latin America needed a revolution, attempted to impair free elections in Guatemala, and strengthened his military with the help of the Soviet Union.
  4. 6. The democratic president of Cuba that the U.S. trusted and lawyer Fidel Castro opposed.
  5. 7. The conclusion to the Korean War (1950-1953).
  6. 11. When Castro became more certain that the U.S. was a threat, he used this method of control over Cuban citizens that spoke out against Castro's vocal opposition to the U.S.
  7. 12. The animal that names a bay in Cuba that was unsuccessfully invaded by CIA operatives in April of 1961
  8. 13. The energy that shaped the stage for the Cold War.
  9. 16. The communist country that came into power in 1949 a month after the USSR successfully tested its first atomic bomb.
  10. 17. The reason for Cuba's struggle through the 1950s.
  11. 19. The plan that supported a U.S. presidential policy that gifted 12.5 billion to 16 European countries in aid and rebuilding.
  12. 20. Batista's reaction to almost complete opposition after human-rights violations.