Who was the Dictator of USSR that enforced a totalitarian regime?
Josef Stalin
100
Did the Korean War happen before or after the Vietnam War?
Korean happened first, lasting 3 years.
100
Who was President of USA during time of Cuban Missile Crisis?
JFK
100
Saigon was renamed what?
Ho Chi Minh City
100
Domino Theory
Theory if one country falls to Communism, the surrounding countries will too
200
Leader after Stalin in USSR
Nikita Khrushchev
200
USSR supported which side of Korea?
North
200
Which country gave Cuba the missiles?
USSR
200
What is "Vietnamization?"
US strategy to exit Vietnam by handling the fighting responsibility over to South Korea
200
What is containment?
US foreign policy set to stop (or contain) the spread of communism
300
USA President during the beginning of the Korean War
President Truman
300
The Korean War was nicknamed _____________
The Forgotten War
300
What was JFK's secret that USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev wanted to expose to the world?
Missiles in Turkey
300
What was one way to avoid the draft into the Vietnam War?
Medical Reasons, Drug addiction, Move to Canada, etc.
300
Communism
Achieving economic equality through the elimination of private property
400
Communist leader of Cuba during Cuban Missile Crisis
Fidel Castro
400
Name the government types of each country:
North Korea -
South Korea -
North Korea- communist
South Korea - capitalist
400
What was the failed invasion into Cuba called (plan to overthrow Castro using exiled Cubans)?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
400
Who won?
North Korea
400
TET Offensive
Largest military campaign in the Vietnam War - Vietcong and N.Vietnamese surprised attacked S.Vietnam (VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR N.VIETNAM, TERRIBLE FOR S.VIETNAM)
500
In chronological order, name the 5 US Presidents during the Vietnam War.
Eishenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
500
What was the significance of the Korean War?
1. US started pattern of overthrowing communist leaders
2. First time US realized they could us UN as a political tool
500
How did the USA discover the secretly placed missiles in Cuba?
U2 Spy Plane
500
Significance of Vietnam War?
1st living room war
Modern warfare changed
500
What was the name of the first satellite launched into outerspace?