Post-World War II
American strategy to prevent the spread of communism.
What is containment?
Korean region that first invaded the other region
What is North Korea?
The nationalist movement led by Ho Chi Minh to seize control of the North.
What is Viet Minh?
A remake of the failed international body created post WWI
What is the United Nations?
Why JFK announced himself as “Ich bin ein Berliner”
What is to show support for the people of Berlin that were separated by the Berlin Wall?
Conference held at the end of WWII to discuss postwar peace conditions
What is Yalta/Potsdam?
President during Korean War
Method enforced by Nixon that ultimately led to the defeat of South Vietnam.
What is vietnamization?
Organization created during the Berlin Airlift that declared one attack is an attack on them all.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty organization (NATO)?
Government’s space agency
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?
Consequences assigned to Germany after WWII
What were reparations, loss of territory, or reduction of army?
Decade that the Korean War occurred in
What are the (early) 1950s?
A secret bombing campaign done against Vietcong, a North Vietnam army in the South appointed to combat the South, leading into many anti war riots in the US.
What is the invasion of Cambodia?
Eastern Europe, specifically Soviet Union’s response to NATO
What is the Warsaw Pact?
Ideal promoted by JFK that promoted adventurism and encouraged Americans to think of themselves as exploring uncharted territory
What is The New Frontier?
The “Big 3” Allied nations that led the discussions for postwar peace conditions
What were the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States?
Ally of North Korea, not including the Soviet Union
Who is China?
Method enforced by Johnson to diminish North Vietnamese’s desire to take over South Vietnam.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
Organization that forced US into inflation and an economic recession
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
Situation that caused tension between the USSR and the US due to potential nuking
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
U.S. agenda that provided economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe
What was the Marshall system?
Line dividing Korea that still exists today
What is the 38th parallel?
Vietnamese ally of the US during the Vietnam War.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
Organization inspired by NATO, extending US and European allies further
What is the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)?
Legislation passed by JFK that outlawed literacy tests and other devices that prevented African Americans from registering to vote and authorized the attorney
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?