Across
- 2. the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall.
- 5. Established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
- 7. In June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to unify the country under Communist rule. “Forgotten War”
- 9. (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) In response to the Cold War, the United States, Canada, and ten Western European countries formed NATO. Each member pledged to defend every other member if attacked.
- 10. Korea was divided into two occupation zones at the end of World War II. Soviet forces occupied the North and American forces occupied the South.
- 12. When the Western Allies refused to abandon West Berlin, they began dropping food and supply into the city by airlift.
- 13. Mao Zedong led a Communist uprising and received support from the Soviet Union. He turned mainland China into the world’s most populous Communist state.
Down
- 1. Winston Churchill’s speech declared that Russia had built an "Iron Curtain" separating eastern Europe from western Europe meaning that no one knew what was going on behind the “curtain.”
- 3. The state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990. Never directly fought in open warfare.
- 4. U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II.
- 6. A response by the Soviet Union because Germany joined NATO. Was used by the Soviet Union to justify its interference in the affairs of Eastern Europe.
- 8. Truman did not attempt to overturn Communism where it already existed, his goal was to “contain” it.
- 11. ultimatum issued by the United States, Great Britain, and China on July 26, 1945, calling for the unconditional surrender of Japan