Korean War
When did the Korean War begin?
June 25,1950
What country supported the Democratic Vietnam
The U.S
What country colonized in Vietnam before they gained independence?
What is containment theory
Who was the leader of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
One of the main causes of the Korean War?
North Korean, Soviet, and Chinese forces wanted the Korean peninsula (South Korea) to be communist and the United States wanted to prevent the spread of communism.
What advantages did the vietnamese have over the U.S
environment like climate and geography also the act of surprise.
When was Vietnam divided into north and south Vietnam?
1954
What is Domino Theory?
The theory that if one country falls to communism a domino effect will go into place
Korean War U.S presidents?
Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower
How did the US get indirectly involved?
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What is guerilla warfare?
sudden ambushes or random attacks
What year did the war end?
1975
What is the Truman Doctrine?
American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats created by U.S President Harry S. Truman.
Who was the commander of US troops from 1964-1968?
General William Westmoreland
What side was democratic and which side was communist?
North Korea- Communist
South Korea- Democratic
The policy designed to shift the responsibility of the war from the U.S. to the South Vietnamese, allowing the United States to gradually withdraw its troops from Vietnam
Vietnamization
How many people were killed in the Vietnam war?
2.4 Million
The plan provided economic support/recovery to European countries post world war 2
What was the formal name of the communist, guerilla movement in Vietnam to unify Vietnam?
Vietcong
Outcome regarding border?
The border stayed the same. 38th Parallel
attacks staged by North Vietnamese forces beginning in the early hours of January 31, 1968 which greatly turn the American opinion of the war
Tet Offensive
What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
a declaration of war against North Vietnam by claiming that US vessels suffered two unprovoked attacks
What President influenced cold war foreign policy (INITIALLY)?
Harry S. Truman
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