Cold War Unit Study Guide

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Across
  1. 2. A period of intense fear of communism in the United States, leading to widespread accusations and investigations
  2. 5. a conflict where the United States fought to stop communism from spreading into Southeast Asia
  3. 8. policy made by the United States to stop the spread of communism
  4. 10. The practice of making unproven accusations of communism, especially in the United States government
  5. 11. A United States spy plane shot down over the USSR, worsening the Cold War tensions
  6. 13. United States promise to help countries resist communism, starting with Greece and Turkey
  7. 15. divide between communists east europe and democratic western europe
  8. 16. United States and USSR competition for dominance in space exploration
  9. 17. United States program giving economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII
  10. 18. A failed United States backed invasion of Cuba by exiles trying to overthrow Castro
Down
  1. 1. A military alliance of the USSR and its Eastern European Allies
  2. 3. The peoples Republic of China, established in 1949 under Mao Zedong after a communist revolution
  3. 4. A 13 day standoff over Soviet missiles in Cuba that nearly led to nuclear war
  4. 6. A military alliance of the United States, Canada, and Western Europe to defend against the USSR
  5. 7. The belief that if one country fell to communism, its neighbors would too
  6. 9. political rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union after WWII
  7. 12. A war between communist North Korea and democratic South Korea, involving United States and Chinese forces
  8. 14. A wall built in 1961 by East Germany to stop East Berliners from fleeing to democratic West Berlin