Dictators & Proxy Wars
This proxy war took place in Vietnam
What is the Vietnam War?
The point of the Korean war was to do this
What is to stop communism
These guys went down into viet cong holes to find enemies
What are tunnel rats?
The "red scare" was the fear of this
What is communism?
This was created in 1957 to help contain the spread of communism
The Truman Doctrine
This proxy war took ended on the 38th parallel.
What is the Korean War
This country helped North Korea with weapons and resources
Who is the USSR?
The Vietnam war took place in the middle here...
What is the 17th parallel?
Who emerged as the new Soviet leader after Stalin's death?
Nikita Khrushchev
This alliance was dedicated to the security of communist nations in Europe during the Cold War
NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
He was the dictator of Cuba during the 1960s
Who is Fidel Castro?
This country helped the South Koreans push back the North Koreans
Who is the USA?
The communist ruler of North Vietnam after 1954 was
Who is the Ho Chi Minh
In 1962, what brought the world to the brink of nuclear war?
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This group of people were called Doves; they did this:
They were against the war. "They were not against soldiers, they were against the war"
He was the dictator of Argentina during the Cold War
Who is Che Guevara?
North Korea remained isolated and poor because...
What is because it's government clings to hard-line communism?
Who was the American-supported leader of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
What aspect of the Cold War arms race made it so terrifying?
Whole other level of warfare; could wipe out the Earth in a few buttons
This group of people were hawks; they did this:
They supported the Vietnam War
The Khmer Rouge was responsible for this.
What is the Cambodian Genocide?
When the North Koreans overran South Korea in the summer of 1950, United Nations forces stopped their advance at
What is the 38th Parallel ?
During the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive was this
In late January, 1968, during the lunar new year (or “Tet”) holiday, North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam.
After WWII the United States offered assistance to war-torn European nations
The Marshall Plan
Mikhail Gorbachev established a policy of glasnost, which was a reform that called for this
the end of censorship