Cuban Missile Crisis

3. - Weapon that was the cause of the crisis.
8. - Spy plane that discovered the missile sites in Cuba.
9. - The tense situation that developed between the US and the Soviet Union in 1962.
10. Doctrine - Foreign policy approach that emphasized containing the spread of communism in the Western Hemisphere.
11. - Euphemism used by President Kennedy to describe the naval blockade of Cuba.
13. - The country that placed missiles in Cuba.
15. - The strategy that ultimately resolved the crisis peacefully.
16. - Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
17. - Outcome of the crisis, in which the US agreed not to invade Cuba and the Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from the island.
19. - Month in which the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred.
20. - The country where the missile sites were discovered.

1. - Military readiness level that was raised during the crisis.
2. - US response to the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
4. - Country where the US had stationed missiles prior to the crisis.
5. - The location where the crisis negotiations were held.
6. War - The potentially catastrophic consequence that was narrowly avoided during the crisis.
7. - US president during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
12. - First name of the US ambassador to the United Nations during the crisis.
14. - Type of weapon that the US and the Soviet Union had at their disposal during the crisis.
18. - The executive committee that advised Kennedy during the crisis.