The Cold War

8. the US policy of NOT letting communism spread
9. Soviet communist nations' military alliance
12. the economic plan to financially rebuild Europe post WWII
13. after the Vietnam War, this nation suffered genocide at the hands of the communists
15. this was the USSR's and the world's first man made orbiting object in space
16. the USSR invaded this nation to spread communism...it was their "Vietnam" and helped lead to their collapse
18. nation of Europe divided into four, then two post WWII, reunifies in 1990
20. Churchill said that this had descended across Europe

1. the foundational doctrine that characterized US policy in the Cold War
2. the process by which former colonies became independent
3. the way the US deals with the Soviet Berlin Blockade
4. the 1950-53 War that was a victory for Containment
5. the war of containment in the 1960s and 70s that was a US defeat in SE Asia
6. leader of Communist China, Cultural Revolution
7. region of Europe where communism was forced on them until the late 1980s and early 90s
10. the event that was the closest we ever came to nuclear war with the USSR
11. allied Western nations' military alliance
14. leader of the USSR when we came the closest to nuclear war
17. this was built in Berlin to keep people from FLEEING communism
19. the competition between the US and USSR to make more and bigger weapons