Across
- 3. A program where the United States gave over $12 billion to help rebuild Western European countries after World War II, aiming to strengthen their economies and prevent the spread of communism
- 5. A year-long mission where American and British planes flew food, fuel, and other supplies into West Berlin to help the city survive a blockade imposed by the Soviet Union
- 6. The idea that if one country in a region became communist, then surrounding countries would likely fall to communism too, like a row of dominoes toppling over
- 7. A concrete barrier built by East Germany in 1961 to stop East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin and the freer, capitalist West
- 9. The CIA trained, equipped, and transported Cuban exiles in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro’s communist government in Cuba
- 11. Policy of holding back or stopping communism
- 13. A policy where the U.S. promised to support countries worldwide to help them resist communism, starting with financial aid to Greece and Turkey to help them fight communist influences
- 18. The hysteria created by Joseph McCarthy during public hearings led to this where communists were feared during this time
- 19. U.S. president that visited West Berlin and told the Soviet leader to “tear down this wall”
- 20. A political and economic system where all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs, aiming for a classless society
Down
- 1. A tense 13-day standoff in 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over Soviet nuclear missiles installed in Cuba, just 90 miles from the U.S. coast, bringing the world close to nuclear war; President Kennedy set up a naval blockade around Cuba
- 2. The Soviet Union blocked all ground travel into West Berlin, trying to gain control over the whole city, but the Allies responded by airlifting food and supplies to the people trapped inside
- 4. A long and costly conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries, resulting in Vietnam becoming unified under communist control in 1975; President Johnson escalated the amount of troops in this war
- 8. A meeting during World War II in 1945 where leaders from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union planned how to end the war and how to manage the post-war world, including dividing Germany into zones controlled by Allied forces; Stalin agreed to hold free elections in Poland
- 10. An international organization to ensure a peaceful postwar world after World War II
- 12. An international organization meant to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means in the North Atlantic
- 14. A conflict from 1950 to 1953 where North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, fought against South Korea, backed by the United States and other United Nations countries, resulting in Korea remaining divided into North and South
- 15. A war in which two enemies do not fight in combat but instead compete and conflict in other ways
- 16. Symbolic division between East and West during the Cold War; the border that existed between the Democratic nations of Western Europe and the Communist nations of Eastern Europe
- 17. An economic system where businesses and properties are privately owned, and prices, production, and the distribution of goods are determined mainly by competition in a free market