Freedom vs Safety Review

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Across
  1. 2. location of missile crisis in the 1960s that brought US & Soviet Union closest to nuclear war
  2. 3. to prepare for nuclear war, many Americans built _____ shelters in their backyards
  3. 5. In response to the Berlin ____, Truman airlifts in supplies to West Berlin to keep communism out
  4. 7. leader of the Soviet Union at the start of the Cold War
  5. 9. this highway system was created in part to help people evacuate from major cities in the case of a nuclear attack
  6. 11. the ____ War ended with the country still divided along the 38th parallel
  7. 13. name of drills used to practice response to nuclear attack
  8. 16. prior to 9/11, worst terrorist attack in US occurred in this city
  9. 18. tearing down the ______ and the breakup of the Soviet Union directly led to the end of the Cold War
Down
  1. 1. known as the "witch hunt" of the Cold War; resulted in the firing of many gov't officials
  2. 4. belief of the Cold War that if one country falls to communism other countries nearby will also fall
  3. 6. US President at the end of the Cold War
  4. 8. N.Vietnamese surprise attack; covered in the media; changed public opinion against the war
  5. 10. airport security agency started after 9/11
  6. 12. an incident in the Gulf of _____ prompts Johnson to fight a war in Vietnam
  7. 14. battle for influence between US and Soviet Union over the best form of government
  8. 15. couple caught spying for the Soviet Union during the Cold War; sentenced to death
  9. 17. group responsible for September 11 attacks