This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US History (General) has 12 clues. Answers range from 3 to 11 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
President who oversaw the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949
European countries under Soviet domination from the end of World War II until 1989–91: 2 wds.
Caribbean site of a 1961 attempt by U.S.-backed Cuban exiles to invade the country and overthrow Fidel Castro’s regime: 3 wds.
Soviet president whose foreign policy helped bring about the end of the cold war
Post-World War II policy of preventing the expansion of the Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the start of the cold war
____ Zedong (Communist leader whom Nixon met with in 1972)
Potentially devastating weapons proliferated during the cold war: 2 wds.
Capital City of the Soviet Union
Easing of hostility between countries
The full name of the Soviet Union, the Union of Soviet Socialist ____________
The capital city of Poland, later lending its name to an important Cold War military alliance