Just the Koreas
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
Korea remained divided and is at almost the exact same place as before the war.
What was the process called that recruited soldiers for the war?
The draft
What is McCarthyism?
Extreme, reckless charges accusing others of being communists or sympathizing with communists.
What was the Bay of Pig's infiltration's overall goal?
To take down communism and Fidel Castro.
What was the baby boom?
An increase of births following WW2.
Which Korea is communist?
North Korea
Who were "hawks" and who were "doves"?
People who wanted to end the war, known as “doves” and people who supported America remaining in the war until it was won, or “hawks.”
Policy of keeping communism within its boarders and NOT spreading.
Why would Cuba becoming a communist country affect the US?
Because the US and Cuba are very close to one another on a map.
What did the GI Bill of Rights do?
Provide financial aid to veterans.
Based on the documentary we watched in class, how do people sneak out of North Korea?
Paying someone to transport you ($30,000)
What happened at the village of My Lai?
A major battle of the Vietnam War.
What did Truman promise in the Truman Doctrine?
To help fight communism and support nations trying to resist Soviet control.
Who was Fidel Castro?
The communist leader of Cuba during the 1960's until 2008.
During WW2 women took on more and more jobs... why?
Jobs needed to be filled since the men were off fighting in the war.
Who was Otto Warmbier?
An American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea for attempting to steal a poster in a hotel.
Name 1 thing that made the Vietcong such a difficult enemy to fight?
-They had no uniform making them hard to identify
-They had no territory making it hard to defeat them by conquering land
-Their tunnel systems made it easy for the enemy to move quickly and quietly
The Berlin Airlift was President Truman’s response to......
Soviet blockade of West Berlin
Why did the Bay of Pig's infiltration ultimately fail?
You can have 1 or both of these answers:
1) The US was not involved enough.
2) The people in Cuba were happy and did not want to fight... Castro was popular amongst the people!
Who was accused of assassinating JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
List 3 differences between North and South Korea.
Ms. Mobley will decide if these are right... (there's a lot of options)
What does the United Nations do?
They promote human rights and peace.
Why is the Cold War called the Cold War?
Because there was little to no fighting making it "cold"
What was the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The Soviet Union had to remove their missiles in Cuba and the US had to promise to never invade Cuba again as well as remove their missiles from Turkey and Italy.
What was the Manhattan Project?
The code name of the program that developed the atomic bomb.