He was the military leader of the Korean War who wanted to be more agressive and invade China. He said, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away" when he was dismissed from his job.
Who is Douglass MacArthur?
100
He was a popular, young president who was full of hope. Unfortunately, he was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
What is JFK?
100
This country took over Vietnam during WWII.
What is Japan?
100
This plan was created by Harry S. Truman and was meant to keep Communism contained.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
100
Fighters who carry out hit and run attacks, and became part of the Vietcong.
What are guerrillas?
200
He was a Wisconsin senator who conducted a witch-hunt of Communists.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
200
He was the president who dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan, and invented the idea of containment to stop the spread of Communism.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
200
This is the gradual changeover of responsibility from U.S. troops to South Vietnamese troops.
What is Vietnamization?
200
This plan provided economic assistance to European Nations. Over 12 billion dollars were given to 16 countries.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
These are people who believed the war could not be won & was morally wrong.
What are doves?
300
He was the leader of the Soviet Union. Many Americans were afraid of him. He supplied weapons to Korea, China, Vietnam, and Cuba.
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
300
He was the president during the end of the Korean War when the U.S. went through a time of great expansion of productions and wealth in the country.
Who is Eisenhower?
300
Nobody knows exactly what happened here, but it escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
300
This war ended with no decisive winner and 2 countries still divided by a demilitarized zone.
What is the Korean War?
300
These are people who supported the Vietnam War?
What are hawks?
400
He is the Communist leader of a country 90 miles south of Florida. He scared the U.S. by housing missiles that were supplied by the Soviet Union.
Who is Fidel Castro?
400
He was the president who focused on opening trade doors to China and the Soviet Union. He was involved in the Watergate scandal and eventually resigned from his presidency.
Who is Richard Nixon?
400
During the Vietnam War, this group of guerillas revolted against Diem in South Vietnam.
What is the Vietcong?
400
The goal of this group was to maintain peace, settle international disputes, and fight hunger/disease. It consisted of a General Assembly and Security Council.
What is the United Nations?
400
This is a jellylike substance that bursts into flames, sticking to people's bodies.
What is Napalm?
500
He was the leader of South Vietnam. He was not a Communist, but was corrupt and his people assassinated him.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
500
He was president after Kennedy was assassinated and inherited the problem of Vietnam.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
500
Name 2 of the 3 countries that supported the Vietcong. (Hint: they are Communist)
What are North Vietnam, the Soviet Union, and China.
500
Russian involvement in Cuba led to a 13 day standoff between the U.S. and Russia that was known as this. (Hint: it involved JFK and a quarentine, or blockade)
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
500
This is the phrase for one country falling to Communism and neighboring countries following.