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The Cold War

Across
According to the Geneva Conventions, North and South Korea were eventually supposed to ____________
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the ____________ advisors wanted to attack Cuba
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of selling atomic secrets to the Soviet Union and were _____________
This was the alliance between the Communist Countries established in 1955
The US was not proposing to eradicate communism after WWII, but rather to ________ it.
This is the term that describes the tactic that the US had in terms of foreign policy where they would be willing to go to the edge of a crisis.
The first countries that were helped by the Truman Doctrine were _________ and Turkey.
Winston Churchill famously called the Communist Countries of Eastern Europe the _____ ______
This is the name of the first successful satellite that was launched by the Soviet Union
This guy was the leader of North Vietnam and he was so popular that Eisenhower stopped the upcoming elections because it was clear that he would win.
The Cold War basically meant that most conflicts between the US and the USSR would be by _________
This Senator headed up the hunt for communists in Hollywood and in the government during the early 1950s.
This theory said that if one country fell to communism that others were sure to follow
Part of the reason that nuclear arms were embraced by Eisenhower is because they were _______
Down
This country was a victim of an American business which, in order to maintain its right to grow in this country, helped bring on a coup
The Gulf of Tonkin incident led to a resolution by Congress that gave Johnson a ____ _____ in order to fight the war
In addition to Math, schools in the United States were directed to focus on ___________ so that the next generation could be more competative with Russia
This group were communists that were from South Vietnam
This General was eventually fired by Truman for going beyond the objective of the Korean War
The Bay of Pigs was generally considered a _____________ because all of the objectives were not achieved
How many million US soldiers fought in Vietnam over the ten year war?
Which city was blockaded by the Soviets?
This was a defensive alliance meant to prevent a Soviet assault on Western Europe
When members of the Hollywood community did not cooperate with the House UnAmerican Activities Committee, they were _______. In other words, no one would hire them.
The economic plan to boost the European economies was named after Secretary of State George _________
Before President Johnson sent troops in to Vietnam, he attacked from the sky. This operation was known as rolling _________
Which country left Vietnam after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu