Vietnam War
Which country colonized Vietnam prior to the 1970s?
France
Who were the two enemies in the Korean war?
North Korea v South Korea
US v Soviet Union
What was the name of the satellite sent to the moon by the U.S.S.R.?
Sputnik
What else was happening in the United States during the Vietnam war?
Civil Rights movement
Who was the communist leader who the U.S. fought against?
Ho Chi Minh
What was the 38th parallel?
The dividing line between North and South Korea.
Who created the communist blacklist in Hollywood?
Senator Joseph McCarthy, Wisconsin
What famous boxer was a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War?
Muhammad Ali
Why did the U.S. get involved in the Vietnam War?
The domino theory. To stop the spread of communism.
South Korea was capitalist or communist?
Capitalist
HUAC stands for
House un-American Activities Committee
What is the draft?
A legal obligation to enter the military at 18.
Who won the Vietnam War?
The north Vietnamese--or the communists. The U.S. withdrew it's forces in 1972.
Kim IL Sung
Which two countries "fought" the Cold War?
U.S.A. and U.S.S.R
What was NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
An alliance that says a strike against one of us is a strike against all of us.
Why were there so many protests against the Vietnam War in the U.S.?
There was a draft. People did not believe we should be involved. It was a war.
Dictatorship--hereditary in that the leadership goes from parent to child
What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?
Rebuild Western Europe after WWII.
What was the Warsaw Pact?
An alliance between communist countries of Eastern Europe such as the U.S.S.R., Poland, and Czechoslovakia.