vocabulary
what is a proxy war
a war where that specific country does not fight and gets other countrys to fight for them.
who attacked first in the korean war
north korea
what was the main cause of the veitnam war
the domino theory
when did the space race begin
1957
when did kennedy die
1961
what is the geneva accord
a treaty for veitnam to stay at the 17th parallel
which countrys supported north korea and which supported the south
north korea-ussr,china,nk
south korea-great britian,united states,united nations,s.k.
why did the united states become involved in the vietnam war
because of the domino theory
what was the first ship launch in space called
sputnik
who wanted to use an atomic bomb in the vietnam war
truman
what is the domino theory
a theory that if the united states doesnt help south veitnam that communism is going to speard in south veitnam and all around it
how did the korean war effect the civilians
it effected them by over 2 mil civilians deaths
what was the civilians casulities
2 mil
who won the space race
united states
why did not we use the atomic
truman was not president anymore
what is the gulf of tonkin resolution
its a war that was unprovoked and gave president johnson full permission to engage in allout war against north veitnam
why was there a spilt in north and south korea
there was a split because north was communist and the south was capitalist
when did the vietnam war end
1955
who was president when the space race began
kennedy
who did not want to use the atomic bomb
eisenhower
what is the paris peace accord
an agreement that north veitnam and south veitnam would stop fighting .
what was the main cause of the war
north korea wanted to spread communism
and south korea wanted to spread caplism
what was the difference between north and south vietnam
north-communist
south- capitalist
who was the other comution
russia
when was kennedy pronoucced dead
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