Countries In Asia
What are some Asian countries affected by the Cold War? ( That we talked about in class)
What are China, North Korea, South Korea, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam?
An Ohio university where National Guardsmen opened fire on students protesting the Vietnam War on May 4, 1970, wounding nine and killing four
What is Kent State University?
Why did the US get involved?
they wanted to contain the spread of communism and they did not want North Korea to have full control over the Korean Peninsula.
Why did the Soviets and China align?
to spread Communism
President Truman's policy of giving American aid to nations threatened by communist expansion.
What is Truman Doctrine?
A policy, proposed by the United States in 1899, under which all nations would have equal opportunities to trade in China.
What is Open door Policy?
He sent ground troops into Vietnam in 1964.
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?
When WWII began, which country controlled Korea?
Japan
Chinese Civil War
Nationalists vs. Communists
Competition for supremacy in nuclear weapons (between the United States and the Soviet Union)
What is Arms Race?
When a colony controlled by another country becomes independent.
What is Decolonization?
The communist Vietnamese revolutionary leader
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Truman then decided the U.S. would try to re-unify Korea as a what?
What is a Non-communist state?
Chinas Communist leader
Who is Mao Zedong?
How long did the Cold War last?
50 years
As the Americans at home became increasingly aware of what was going on in Vietnam, what started?
What are protests?
a form of unconventional warfare in which small combatants attempt to take down larger, better-armed forces through ambushes, hit-and-run, sabotage, etc.
What is guerrilla warfare?
Who were the leaders of Korea during the Korean War? (North and South)
The leader and Prime Minister of North Korea was Kim Il-sung
The President of South Korea was Syngman Rhee.
capital of China
Bejing
Who coined the term Iron Curtain?
Winston Churchill
When did the Korean War Start?
1950
The approximate number of U.S. troops killed in the Vietnam War
58,000
What were some effects of the Korean War in the USA?
-The war created fear in the United States, and this also causes them to intervene in Vietnam to avoid another North Korea
-allowed them to rearm and become a world power
Jiang Jieshi's commonly known name
Chiang Kai-shek
Which Eastern European country was not a satellite nation?
Yugoslavia