People
Korea & China
The Vietnam War & Protest
Cuba & Berlin
Terms
100
Who was a pilot of the U-2 incident?
Francis Gary Powers
100
How did the Korean War started?
North Korea troops invaded South Korea troops
100
How many troops went to Vietnam?
50000
100
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
to separate east and west Berlin
100
Who was the most famous anti-Communist activist?
Senator Joseph McCarthy
200
Who created the Berlin Wall?
Nikita Khruschev
200
Which country did the Japanese troops surrendered to of the north of the 38th parallel?
Soviets
200
What are the ways that Americans can avoid getting drafted into the Vietnam War?
Going to university, coast guard, medical problems
200
What was the result of the Bay of Pig?
Failure
200
What is the 38th parallel?
imaginery line that separated North and South Korea
300
Who fled Vietnam and then came back and fought for their independence?
Ho Chi Minh
300
What was China's role in the Korean War?
To help spread communist.
300
Who protested the Vietnam War the most?
College students
300
Why did Nikita ordered to install nuclear weapons in Cuba?
Protect US invasion and counterbalance US superiority in long and medium range nuclear weapon.
300
What is containment?
efforts to block the soviets attempt to spread their influence by creating alliances and supporting weaker countries
400
What is the name of the nationalist leader?
Chiang Kai-Shek
400
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Stalemate
400
Where was most of the Vietnam War fought? and who had most advantages?
Jungles, Vietcongs
400
What was the ultimate goal of the Bay Of Pig invasion?
To trigger a larger revolution and topple the Castra regime
400
What is the term that meant the practice of threatening and enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression?
Brinkmanship
500
Who was the president when the hydrogen bomb was created?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
500
At the beginning of the war, North Korea seemed unstoppable, driving steadily south capturing which city?
Seoul
500
What was the Tonkin Gulf about?
Vietnamese fire torpedoes at the USS Maddox. It was there to collect information about the enemy.
500
Which side of the Berlin Wall was more successfully economically?
West Germany
500
What does HUAC stand for and what does it do?
House Committee Unamerican Activist, it investigates communist influence inside and outside the US governtment
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