Across
- 2. United States and Great Britain go back on their promise to invest in an Egyptian dam, eventually causing fighting to erupt in Egypt, ending with a cease-fire by the United Nations
- 4. led to US intervention due to our belief in the domino theory; scared southeast Asia would turn communist if this country fell
- 5. controlling this was the ultimate form of dominance; initially led by the Soviet Union before the US put a man on the moon
- 6. type of government the US has; elected officials
- 7. doctrine that provided economic, political, and military aid to any country fighting communism
- 8. US found out Cuba had Soviet missiles pointed at the US; led to a blockade and an agreement with the Soviets that we would not invade Cuba if they took their missiles out
- 13. plan for giving money to rebuild post-World War II Europe
- 14. invasion performed by exiled Cubans who were trained by the CIA; ultimate failure
- 15. stopping the spread of communism
- 16. Senator who accused members of the government of being communist (last name)
Down
- 1. Communist North attacked the democratic South in order to spread communism; split at the 38th parallel (DMZ)
- 3. peacekeeping organization that gets involved in conflicts in Korea and the cease-fire in Egypt to prevent future world wars
- 9. capital that was divided by communist East and democratic West
- 10. doctrine that stated the US would support all countries in the Middle East fighting communism
- 11. acronym for if one country launches an attack, it would be met with another nuclear attack in response, leading to death all around; have to find another solution
- 12. theory that stated if one country fell to communism others around it would too