Key Events
This conflict from 1950-1953 involved North and South Korea, with Chinese and U.S. intervention.
Korean War
John F. Kennedy
These two ideologies were one of the main factors in sparking tension that continued through the Cold War.
Communism and Capitalism
What was the result (outcome) of the Korean War?
Stalemate
Name 1 of the main reasons that the United States chose to support South Vietnam?
1. France was our Ally
2. Prevent Communist Spread
This war from 1955-1975 saw heavy U.S. involvement and was part of a strategy to contain communism in Southeast Asia.
What man was the leader/dictator of the Soviet Union during WW2 and the early stages of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin
What new form of technology that ended WW2 was used to threaten each side that participated in the Cold War?
Nuclear Power
What line marked the divide between North and South Korea?
38th Parallel
How did the North Vietnamese use the land to their advantage and which other country did they use in the process?
This conflict began in 1945 and was fought between French colonial forces and their communist Vietnamese opponents.
First Indochina War
This leader was not considered a communist, but had to align himself with the communist in order to win independence for his country?
Ho Chi Minh
After WW2 the global superpowers disputed over how this country should be divided up causing it to be divided into 4 zones and eventually split into 2. What country was this?
Germany
Because the South Korean and UN forces pushed too close to their border and posed a threat, this country sent troops to aide North Korea.
China
Kent State Massacre
This event in 1948-1949 saw Allied forces airlifting supplies to West Berlin amidst a Soviet blockade.
Berlin Airlift
The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War is one of the major reasons this U.S. President did not run for a second term. Who is it?
Lyndon B. Johnson
What was the name of the term that Winston Churchill used to describe the division between East and Western Europe that the Communist were making?
The Iron Curtain
What are the capitals of North Korea and South Korea? (Make Answers Clear)
South Korea: Seoul
This belief was one of the main reasons for U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war, that if Vietnam fell to communism then all of Southeast Asia would fall too.
Domino Theory
In 1949 this group of Western European Nations as well as Canada and the U.S.A. came together for security against the Soviet Union.
N.A.T.O.
This President signed off on the Marshall Plan, which was to help provide aid to and rebuild Europe after WW2.
Harry Truman
Describe in a sentence why was the Cold War "Cold"?
The United States and the Soviet Union never fired actual weapons at each other.
When was the armistice signed agreeing that Korea would remain a divided country?
July 27th, 1953
How did the Vietnam war end for the Vietnamese and the United States?
2. United States withdrew troops and was considered one of the most unsuccessful military strategies in our history.