The Beginning of the Cold War

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Across
  1. 3. All communist states of Eastern Europe except Yugoslavia promised to defend one another if attacked
  2. 7. A unified military command to resist the Soviet presence in Europe
  3. 8. U.S. President at the Potsdam Conference
  4. 10. First used the term "Cold War" in a 1945 article
  5. 11. U.S. President at the Yalta Conference
  6. 13. Country divided up into 4 zones.
  7. 14. The Soviets exploded their first _____ warhead in 1949
Down
  1. 1. The United States and Britain stopped Soviet blockade of West Berlin by airlifting supplies into West Berlin.
  2. 2. Began in 1948, the United States gave about $13 billion in grants and loans to Western European nations
  3. 4. Promised aid to nations struggling against communist movements
  4. 5. Gave the "Iron Curtain" speech
  5. 6. Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria became _____ states of the Soviet Union
  6. 9. Use American power to help nations resist communism
  7. 11. The Cold War lasted for _____ years
  8. 12. Soviet leader at both the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences