Freedom vs Safety Review

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Across
  1. 5. Soviet Union leader at the START of the Cold War
  2. 6. In response to the Berlin _____, Truman airlifts in supplies to West Berlin to keep communism out
  3. 9. Tearing down the _______, and the breakup of the Soviet Union, directly led to the end of the Cold War
  4. 11. US President at the END of the Cold War
  5. 12. known as the "witch hunt" of the Cold War; resulted in the firing of many government officials
  6. 14. Prior to 9-11, worst terrorist attack in US occurred in this city
  7. 15. an incident in the Gulf of ______ prompts Johnson to fight a war in Vietnam
  8. 16. the belief that if one country falls to communism, other countries in the region would also fall
Down
  1. 1. couple caught spying for the Soviet Union during the Cold War; sentenced to death
  2. 2. first satellite ever launched; pushes Soviets ahead in the Space Race; leads to US developing NASA & increase education spending
  3. 3. location of missile crisis in the 1960s that brought US & Soviet Union closest to nuclear war
  4. 4. US financial assistance to Europe after WWII to keep countries from falling to communism
  5. 7. Battle for influence between the United States and the Soviet Union over what would be the predominant form of government in the world
  6. 8. group responsible for September 11 attacks
  7. 10. N. Vietnamese surprise attack; covered in the media; changed public opinion against the war
  8. 13. Apollo 11 was the first time man landed on the ___