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2. first artificial earth satellite launched by the soviet union
6. period of relaxed tensions between the u.s. and the Soviet Union in 1970s
8. U.S. program to aid European economic recovery after world war 2
10. 1962 confrontation between u.s. and Soviet Union over missles in Cuba
11. Soviet policy of economic and political restructuring under Gorbachev
15. competition between the u.s. and the Soviet Union to build more powerful weapons
17. the symbolic division between eastern and Western Europe
18. proxy war in Southeast Asia involving the u.s. and communist forces
19. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
20. military alliance of western countries

1. U.S policy to support free people’s resisting communism
3. u.s. policy to prevent the spread of communism
4. barrier that divided east and West Berlin
5. competition between the u.s. and the Soviet union to achieve space exploration milestones
7. Soviet policy of openness under Gorbachev
9. campaign against alleged communists in the U.S. during the 1950s
12. Soviet unions main security agency
13. military alliance of eastern bloc countries
14. Soviet-controlled part of Germany after world war 2
16. conflict where two opposing countries support combatants that serve their interests instead of waging war directly