Leaders & Dictators
This revolutionary leader served as the Prime Minister and President of North Vietnam and played a key role in the struggle for Vietnamese independence from French colonial rule and the subsequent Vietnam War.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This conflict, also known as the Vietnam War, lasted from 1955 to 1975, involving North and South Vietnam, with significant U.S. military involvement aimed at preventing the spread of communism.
What is The Second Indochina War?
This Cold War theory suggested that if one country in a region fell to communism, neighboring countries would likely follow suit, leading to the spread of communism across a larger area.
What is the Domino Theory?
This social-political movement, initiated by Mao Zedong in 1966, sought to preserve communist ideology in China by removing capitalist, traditional, and cultural elements, leading to widespread persecution and upheaval.
What is the Cultural Revolution?
This colonial territory, comprising modern-day Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, was under French control from the late 19th century until its independence in 1954.
What is French Indochina?
This U.S. Senator from Minnesota ran for president in 1968, challenging Lyndon B. Johnson with an anti-Vietnam War platform.
Who is Eugene McCarthy?
In 1964, this Soviet leader was removed from power by the Communist Party, marking the end of his rule after his policies, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and de-Stalinization, faced increasing criticism.
What is the deposition of Nikita Khrushchev?
This radical youth movement led by Mao Zedong in 1966 aimed to enforce communist ideology during China's Cultural Revolution.
What is the Red Guard?
This 1971 event, involving a U.S. table tennis team's visit to China, helped thaw relations between the two countries and paved the way for President Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.
What is Ping Pong Diplomacy?
This elite military unit became a symbol of France's Cold War military presence, allowing non-French nationals to enlist and often serving in conflict zones linked to global tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
What is the French Foreign Legion?
This Soviet leader served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1964 to 1982, overseeing a period of political stagnation and the escalation of the Cold War.
Who is Leonid Brezhnev?
This 1964 event, involving alleged attacks on U.S. naval vessels by North Vietnamese forces, led to the U.S. Congress passing a resolution that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
This communist guerrilla force, supported by North Vietnam, fought against South Vietnamese and U.S. forces during the Vietnam War, seeking to reunify Vietnam under communist rule.
What is the Viet Cong?
This term, used during the 1960s, referred to the public's growing distrust of the U.S. government's statements, particularly regarding the Vietnam War, as discrepancies between official reports and reality became more apparent.
What is "The Credibility Gap"?
This French leader is known for asserting France's independence during the Cold War, including withdrawing from NATO's military command and pursuing a policy of nuclear deterrence.
Who is Charles De Gaulle?
This U.S. politician served as Vice President under Lyndon B. Johnson and was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1968, losing to Richard Nixon.
Who is Hubert Humphrey?
These talks aimed to negotiate a peace settlement between the United States and North Vietnam, but ultimately failed to bring an immediate end to the war.
What are the 1968 Paris Peace Negotiations?
This communist-led resistance group, founded by Ho Chi Minh, fought for Vietnamese independence from French colonial rule and later played a key role in the First Indochina War.
What is the Viet Minh?
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This Soviet initiative, launched in 1954, aimed to increase agricultural production by cultivating previously unused land in Kazakhstan and Siberia, but it faced significant environmental and economic challenges.
What is the Virgin Lands Campaign?
This 1950s Soviet agricultural initiative, led by Nikita Khrushchev, aimed to increase crop production in the USSR, but it ultimately failed due to unsuitable soil and climate conditions.
What is the Soviet Corn Experiment?
This leader served as the President of Czechoslovakia from 1957 to 1968, overseeing a period of Soviet influence and political repression, before being ousted during the Prague Spring.
Who is Antonín Novotný?
In 1972, this U.S. president made a historic visit to China, paving the way for diplomatic relations between the two countries after decades of estrangement.
What is Nixon’s Trip to China?
This sustained U.S. bombing campaign, launched in 1965, aimed to weaken North Vietnam’s military capabilities and morale during the Vietnam War but failed to achieve its objectives.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
These agreements ended the First Indochina War, divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel, and called for elections that were never held.
What are the 1954 Geneva Accords?
These mass-produced, modular apartment buildings became common in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War as a solution to housing shortages, though they were often criticized for their poor quality and uniformity.
What are pre-fabricated block apartments?