The Iron Curtain

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Across
  1. 3. a state of tension between 2 or more nations with no actual fighting.
  2. 5. the policy of not allowing communism to spread to any more nations.
  3. 8. Aid program to assist European countries with post-war reconstruction.
  4. 10. Launched by the Soviet Union - the first artificial satellite put into Earth's orbit.
  5. 11. A collective defense treaty among the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
  6. 13. A wall built by the Soviet Union to separate East Berlin from West Berlin in 1961.
  7. 15. The practice of of making accusations of disloyalty, treason, or subversion without regard to evidence.
  8. 17. The theory that if one nation in Asia falls to communism, the rest will follow.
  9. 20. A large system of limited-access (highway) roads in the United States that includes almost all major US cities.
Down
  1. 1. a political system in which citizens vote for their representatives and their wishes.
  2. 2. The method of fighting that includes ambushes, raids, and the element of surprise to overtake the enemy.
  3. 3. an economic system based on private ownership of business
  4. 4. A peace-keeping organization created at the end of WW2 in hopes of preventing future military conflict.
  5. 6. a political system in which one leader or a small group of leaders holds absolute power.
  6. 7. Provided college or vocational training and one year of unemployment assistance for veterans returning from WW2.
  7. 9. a battle between two or more countries to create the most and best weaponry.
  8. 12. A military alliance including the five Treaty of Brussels states (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, and the United Kingdom) plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland.
  9. 14. A term indicating the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas.
  10. 16. an economic system based on community or government ownership of business.
  11. 18. A statement from President Truman promising aid to Greece and Turkey in order to prevent communist takeover in these nations.
  12. 19. Southern Vietnamese that fought against the United States and the South Vietnamese Government.