The Vietnam War
by 1961
60% of Vietnam was under communist control by?
it is on the 38th parallel
what parallel is the border on?
what does ABM stand for
it means anti-ballistic missiles
What famous USA president was assassinated
JFK
What famous Russian ruler was inpower for the beginning of the cold war
Stalin
when the Vietnam war began Vietnam, along with Laos and Cambodia was known under this name
What is French Indo-China?
in June 1950 North Korea did this to start the war
North Korean forces launched a full-scale invasion
how many nuclear warheads did each country have
the two countrys had around 10,000 nuclear warheads each
What side in the Wars did the USA fight for
The Anti Communists partys
What side of the Wars did russia fight for
The Pro communist partys
Fearing communism would domino into other countries.
Why did the USA give aid to Vietnam?
who lead the north korean communists
Kim Il-Sung
the first arms race reduction treaty was named
SALT 1
How meny nuclear warheads did the START 2 treaty make the USA give up
3,500
What could Russia not keep up with
The amount of money spent on nuclear weapons
Ho Chi Minh
A communist independence party called the Vietminh was led by?
how meny people were killed?
nearly four million
President Reagan denounced the soviet union as
The 'Empire of Evil"
What unpopular war did the USA want to end
The vietnam war
Russia was the birthplace of
communisim
380,000
by 1966 the American troops grew to?
when did the UN pushed back communists across the 38th parallel
march 1951
INF stands for
Intermediate Nuclear Forces
How much money did the USA spend on the Vietnam war
hundreds of millions
What russian leader caused the collapse of the Soviet union
Mikhail Gorbachev