Contextualizing the Cold War

3. Global superpower in the wake of WWII
6. The US-installed leader of South Korea
7. An economic ideology where are free to "vote with your dollar"
8. A defensive alliance created to counter the pressures of 17 across
12. A political ideology where all are free to "vote with their ballot"
14. The first atomic bomb was dropped here in 1945
16. A pro-Communist but non-aligned country
17. A defensive alliance created to stop the spread of communism
19. "Mutually Assured _____"
20. The most powerful US nuclear weapon tested to date
21. A unit of explosive measurement equal to the force created by 1 million tons of TNT

1. Where the United States CIA covertly supported the overthrow of a democratically elected leader in 1954
2. Cuban revolutionary who successfully deposed a US-backed government in 1959
4. Leader credited with the rise of the USSR and casting the Iron Curtain
5. The back-and-forth one-upsmanship of weapons development
9. A socio-economic ideology where you get what you need but have no real choice in what it is
10. In 1954, the US became bogged down in trying to stop the spread of communism into this SE Asian country
11. A scientist who helped create atomic bombs before asking for their use to be limited
13. Country that was controlled by communists starting in 1949
15. The general feeling of the era where many feared World War III could start at any time.
18. US President for much of the Korean War