The Cold War: Early Years

1. Soviet leader in showdown with Kennedy over Cuba
6. 'theory' that the US adopts to not 'crush' communism, but to keep it from spreading outside of present borders
8. Allied Military Alliance to stop spread of Communism
10. US/Kennedy's failed attempt to oust Castro from Cuba 1961
11. Communist militarized zone across Eastern Europe...named by Churchill in a political speech
12. first man made object to orbit the earth...begins Space Race
13. Communist leader of China in 1949
15. the 'race' between the US and USSR to build more and bigger weapons
16. Communist Military Alliance to stop 'democratic aggression'
18. Communists known as the Viet Minh gain power in ____ against the French via a combination of Communism/Nationalism/war
19. policy of the US where we pledge to aid any nation experiencing a communist threat (began with intervention in Greece and Turkey)
22. nationalist Chinese create ____ as a free and democratic China after defeat by Mao

2. term for nations within the sphere of Soviet control (ringed the USSR's border)
3. how the US thwarted the USSR's Berlin Blockade
4. American general who oversaw the US occupation and 'democratization' of Japan in the Post WWII years
5. attempt by USSR to keep out supplies to Berlin
6. 1962- the closest the world ever came to nuclear war...
7. region of Europe where communism was forced upon them by the USSR
9. the US halted the spread of Communism south of the 38th Parallel in the _____ ______ from 1950-1953
14. nation of Europe divided into four, then two zones (one half communist, one half democratic)
17. city divided by that 'hateful wall' which kept citizens on the Eastern Communist side IN
20. Economic plan post WWII to provide financial aid to Europe to stop spread of Communism
21. philosophy of having nuclear weapons...so you never have to use them:-)