VA/US SOL 12

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Across
  1. 4. The policy of détente helped improve relations with this nation:
  2. 6. This city received an airlift after a Soviet blockade:
  3. 9. This nation controlled most of Eastern Europe after WWII:
  4. 15. The robbery at this hotel led to President Nixon resigning before being impeached:
  5. 16. This was the U.S. foreign policy that aimed to prevent the spread of communism:
  6. 18. This U.S. senator was at the forefront of the "Red Scare" and encouraged citizens to report suspected communists to the police:
  7. 20. This military alliance consisted of the Soviet Union and its satellite states:
  8. 21. This president helped create the military-industrial complex:
Down
  1. 1. This Pound native's U2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union:
  2. 2. The CIA failed to overthrow Castro in this invasion:
  3. 3. This international governing body was created after WWII:
  4. 5. The massacre at this university saw the Ohio national guard open fire, killing 4 and wounding 9:
  5. 7. This bombing campaign marked the beginning of U.S. involvement in Vietnam:
  6. 8. Fidel Castro was the leader of this communist nation in the Carribean:
  7. 10. This military alliance was created after the Berlin Airlift and consisted of Western nations:
  8. 11. This president was assassinated in Dallas in 1963:
  9. 12. This conflict lasted from 1955-1975 and ended in a U.S. withdrawal and communist takeover:
  10. 13. This nation was divided into East and West following World War II:
  11. 14. This was the U.S. strategy to replace American soldiers with loyal Vietnamize fighters:
  12. 17. This was the U.S. economic plan to rebuild Europe after WWII:
  13. 19. This conflict lasted from 1950-1953 and was led by Douglass MacArthur: