Cold War
Terms
Korean War
Vietnam
Miscellaneous
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Stopping the spread of communism
What is containment?
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a nation strong enough to impact the world
What is a superpower?
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Korea was temporarily divided into North and South after WWII. What happened during this time?
What is the Soviet Union made North Korea communist, the U.S. made South Korea non-communist
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This Vietnamese leader was a nationalist and a communist who beat the French in Vietnam in 1954
Who is Ho Chi Minh
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Accusing people of a crime without any evidence
What is McCarthyism
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This is why Stalin spread communism into Eastern Europe after WWII
What is because he wanted to surround the Soviet Union with countries friendly to it
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"If Vietnam becomes communist, ALL if Asia will follow suit"
What is the domino theory?
200
This action starts the Korean War (June 25, 1950)
What is the invasion of South Korea by North Korea
200
Like Korea, Vietnam was also temporarily divided. Who were the leaders in the North and South?
Who is Ho Chi Minh (communist) in the North Who is Ngo Dinh Diem (non-communist) in the South. He was supported by the US
200
"I am not a crook", says Nixon, after he is suspected of covering up a break-in of the Democratic headquarters in Washington, D.C., called
What is The Watergate Scandal
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This happened to Germany after WWII
What is it was temporarily divided into 4 zones by the 4 Allies (US, Soviet Union, France and Britain). Each zone was to be rebuilt and allowed to re-unify, but the Soviet Union kept their zone, which became East Germany. The other three zones were combined and became West Germany
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This is the definition of cold war
What is a state of tension and hostility without armed conflict?
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MacArthur escalated (made worse) the Korean War. How?
What is by invading North Korea and pushing them almost to the Chinese border, causing 500,000 Chinese troops to join the war against the US
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This group in South Vietnam joined with Ho Chi Minh and the communists in the north.
What is the Viet Cong
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Smaller friendly countries surrounding a larger power
What are satellite states
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The opposing military alliances during the Cold War
What is NATO, led by the U.S, and the Warsaw Pact led by the Soviet Union
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US gave $$ to W. European countries to help them rebuild after WWII. What was this called, why did it happen?
What is the Marshall Plan, given to stop the spread of communism in those countries by keeping their economies and governments strong
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The outcome of the Korean War
What is both sides agree to a ceasefire, Korea is still divided today
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The Gulf of Tonkin incident escalated American involvement in the war. What was it, how did it do so?
What is an attack on a US ship in the Gulf of Tonkin by N. Vietnamese patrol boats. Congress gives Pres. Johnson to do anything necessary to defeat N. Vietnam, so over 500,000 US troops end up in Vietnam
400
List 4 features of American prosperity in the 1950s
What is high standard of living, industrial leadership, strong middle class, rock and roll, the GI Bill, etc..
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US, Britain and France drop off supplies by airplane to Berlin 24 hours a day, every day, for over a year to thwart Stalin's blockade
What is the Berlin Airlift
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A barrier of secrecy that isolates nations from the rest of the world. What is this, what is being described here?
What is an iron curtain, describing the nations of E. Europe that came under Soviet control after WWII
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These were the two sides during the Korean War
What is North Korean and Chinese forces vs. US, South Korean and 16 UN nations forces
500
Discuss Vietnamization and the end result of the Vietnam War
What is the policy of training and arming the S. Vietnamese to fight N. Vietnam and the Viet Cong on their own while gradually withdrawing US troops. When the last US troops were withdrawn, S. Vietnam was taken over by N. Vietnam and made communist
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The Tet offensive was a win and a loss at the same time. What was it? How is this possible?
It was a coordinated attack by N. Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces in cities in S. Vietnam. US troops beat them overwhelmingly, yet it caused many Americans at home to stop supporting the war because of the violence captured on the news
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