Modern Wars

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Across
  1. 5. A buildup of weapons and military technology between rival nations
  2. 7. Soviet leader who introduced reforms like glasnost and perestroika
  3. 10. Accusing people of being communists without proof
  4. 13. A military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and Eastern European communist nations
  5. 15. A barrier built to prevent East Germans from fleeing into West Berlin
  6. 19. A conflict where major powers support opposing sides without directly fighting directly
  7. 20. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis and early Vietnam involvement
  8. 21. U.S. policy promising support to countries resisting communism
  9. 22. Communist leader of Cuba who came to power after overthrowing Batista
  10. 24. A Soviet blockade of West Berlin that increased Cold War tensions
  11. 27. Communist leader of Vietnam who fought for independence and supported North Vietnam
  12. 28. war Rivalry between the U.S. and USSR without direct fighting
  13. 29. used to justify expanded U.S. involvement in Vietnam, gulfoftonkinincident
  14. 30. 1962 standoff caused by Soviet missiles placed in Cuba
Down
  1. 1. Communist government formed in Vietnam after reunification
  2. 2. A U.S. Senator who accused many Americans of being communists
  3. 3. A political division between communist Eastern Europe and democratic Western Europe
  4. 4. Fear of communism spreading in the United States
  5. 6. U.S. plan to rebuild European economies after WWII
  6. 8. Fear and panic spreading through a population- often irrational
  7. 9. Supply route used by North Vietnam to move troops and supplies
  8. 11. Failed U.S.-supported invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles
  9. 12. A defensive military alliance formed by the U.S. and Western Europe
  10. 14. Surprise 1968 attack by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces
  11. 16. U.S. President who greatly increased American involvement in Vietnam
  12. 17. A chemical herbicide used by the U.S. to destroy forests and crops in Vietnam
  13. 18. A mission where Western nations flew supplies into Berlin during a blockade
  14. 23. Competition between the U.S. and USSR to achieve space exploration goals
  15. 25. Conflict involving Egypt and the Suez Canal that raised Cold War tensions
  16. 26. Communist guerrilla fighters who supported North Vietnam during the Vietnam War