The Cold War

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Across
  1. 2. - Period of improved relations between the US and USSR during the 1970s
  2. 4. - Both the US and USSR employed them during the Cold War
  3. 5. - Witch-hunt for alleged communist sympathizers in the US
  4. 8. - Used by both sides to promote their ideologies
  5. 11. - Soviet leader during the 1960s
  6. 12. - First artificial satellite launched into space by the USSR
  7. 13. race - Competition between the US and USSR to build up weapons
  8. 14. of Pigs - Failed CIA-sponsored invasion of Cuba in 1961
Down
  1. 1. - City divided by a wall during the Cold War
  2. 2. and Cover - Civil defense drill for nuclear attacks in the US
  3. 3. - Military alliance formed to counter the Soviet Union
  4. 6. Curtain - Winston Churchill's term for the division between Eastern and Western Europe
  5. 7. - House committee that investigated alleged communist infiltration in the US
  6. 9. - Soviet Union's failed attempt at a military occupation in the 1980s.
  7. 10. - Diplomatic strategy of pushing a dangerous situation to the edge of disaster