The Cold War

5. an economic system based on private ownership of farms and businesses
6. to declare to be blameworthy or evil
10. the global struggle for power and influence between the United States and the Soviet Union that followed World War II
11. a U.S. aid plan designed to promote economic recovery in Europe after World War II
13. alliance of the Soviet Union and it's allies
14. close watch kept over someone or something, especially by a detective or investigator
16. an economic or political system in which the state or the community owns all property and the means of production
18. the U.S. policy of fighting the spread of communism by limiting it to countries where it already existed

1. people or things injured or destroyed
2. the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information
3. divided or split in two
4. a list of people or groups who are under suspicion for something and are thus excluded from certain opportunities
7. to be most noticeable within a group
8. a war in which the superpowers backed different sides, which acted as substitutes (proxies) for the superpowers themselves
9. the act of getting or obtaining something
12. to put an end to or get rid of
15. a competition to develop and manufacture more and more powerful weapons
17. alliance of the U.S. and it's allies