Across
- 1. Mao's plan to revive the revolutionary popularity he had previously enjoyed by encouraging the murder of teachers and government officials
- 6. Mao's policy of communal living and quota's for farmers; lead to famine and millions of deaths
- 11. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- 12. Mao's policy that confiscated land from landlords; killed 1 million that resisted
- 13. US policy of providing money and supplies to European countries; effectively improved economies and prevented the spread of Communism
- 14. Organization that planned and trained the refugees for the failed invasion of Cuba / attempt to overthrow Castro
- 15. Term used by Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet control over Eastern European countries after WWII
- 18. Large, well-coordinated, surprise attack on US / South Vietnamese bases in 1968
- 20. US promise to supply European countries that were resisting the spread of Communism
- 21. Tragic killing of hundreds of innocent Vietnamese villagers in late 1968 that was covered up by the US military to avoid the bad publicity
- 22. Phase 2 of the United States' mission to the moon
- 24. Phase 3 of the United States' mission to the moon
- 30. This natural barrier serves as a border between North Korea and China
- 33. Nationalist leader of Vietnam that became communist with the support of Lenin / the Soviet Union
- 34. Flammable explosive used by the US military to burn up the dense jungles in Vietnam
- 35. Eisenhower's public statement that the US would use nuclear weapons if the Soviets attacked Americans
- 36. Prisoner of War
- 38. US belief that once Communism began to spread it would spread out of control
- 39. Space agency that led the US effort during the Space Race against the Soviet Union
- 40. Alliance created by the US in 1949 that ended the possibility of Isolationism
- 41. Term used by the US to describe their blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
Down
- 1. US leader that authorized nuclear weapons during WWII, but refused during Korea because the Soviets also had nuclear weapons
- 2. Fake attack on the USS Maddox that served as a justification for the US military presence in Vietnam
- 3. Incredibly expensive and ambitious effort to keep West Berlin fed instead of appeasing Stalin and the Soviets
- 4. US negotiation tactic associated with Secretary of State John Dulles and protection of Taiwan from Chinese aggression
- 5. US attempt to make the draft more fair by assigning numbers instead of letting the wealthy buy their way out by staying in college
- 7. Lowered the US voting age from 21 to 18 in order to match the draft age
- 8. Missing in Action
- 9. Communist Chinese government
- 10. Chinese leader that brought Communism to China
- 16. US General during World War II and Korea
- 17. Temporary plan to divide Vietnam from 1954-1956, then have an election to decide the future
- 19. US promise to supply Middle Eastern countries that were resisting the spread of Communism
- 23. Phase 1 of the United States' mission to the moon
- 25. Failed attempt by the US to overthrow Cuba's communist regime / Fidel Castro
- 26. Communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam
- 27. Final defeat of the French Military in Vietnam
- 28. Monument to the soldiers that died in the Vietnam War
- 29. Goal of NATO; the idea that all members will protect each other from Soviet invasions
- 31. Line that marks the division of Communist North Korea and non-Communist South Korea
- 32. First Communist dictator of North Korea; installed by the Soviets
- 37. US President that authorized the Bay of Pigs Invasion, successfully handled the Cuban Missile Crisis and challenged Americans to put a man on the moon