The Cold War

4. This famous couple was accused of spying and were tried, convicted, and executed.
6. To go to war and not use all the resources available in order to win it.
8. Leader of Cuba after a 1959 revolution.
10. The policy of the U.S. to stop the spread of Communism.
15. This was the U.S. government's policy of containment to stop the spread of Communism.
18. Attempt by the Soviet Union to install missiles in Cuba.
20. A long drawn out conflict in the 1960's and 1970's that resulted from the U.S. policy of containment.
22. Became Communist in 1949.
23. Countries that were being controlled by the Soviet Union.
24. The U.S. policy to help other countries change back from being Communist to a democracy.
25. Ordered the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan which helped usher in the Cold War era.

1. When this first satellite was launched by the Soviets the space race heated up.
2. Put up by the Soviets to stop people from fleeing over the border out of West Berlin.
3. Agreement amongst communist countries to have an alliance.
5. The policy of using everything in your arsenal to win a war.
7. The idea that if one country fell to Communism, all those around it would fall.
9. North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
11. Leader of the Soviet Union when the Cold War began.
12. Focus of Cold War tension when the North invaded the South in the 1950's.
13. Economic aid provided to European countries after WWII to help them rebuild.
14. U.S. senator who used the fear of Communism to get elected to office.
16. The imaginary line/wall that was dividing Europe between East and West.
17. On the verge of war.
19. The failed attempt by the U.S. to overthrow Fidel Castro.
21. The attempt to produce bigger and better weapons then your enemies.