Korean War
This international organization led a coalition to defend South Korea in the Korean War.
What is the United Nations?
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam and founder of the Viet Minh.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This event started the U.S. space race when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite.
What is Sputnik I?
He was the U.S. president who famously said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This U.S. president was in office during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The Korean War was part of this larger global conflict between communism and democracy.
What is the Cold War?
This U.S. resolution allowed the president to take military action in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
"Mutually Assured Destruction" refers to a military strategy involving these weapons.
What are nuclear weapons?
This event occurred in 1948–1949 when the U.S. and its allies flew supplies into West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
What was Fidel Castro’s role in the Cuban Revolution?
What is he led the revolution and became the communist leader of Cuba?
What event led to China’s entry into the Korean War?
What is UN forces advancing too close to the Chinese border at the Yalu River?
Explain why the Anti-War Movement gained momentum in the U.S. during the Vietnam War.
What is growing casualties, media coverage of the war’s brutality, and distrust in government led to widespread protests?
What does the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction aim to prevent?
What is nuclear war by ensuring that both sides would face total destruction if they attacked first?
What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
What is to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Berlin and the capitalist West?
How did the Cuban Missile Crisis increase Cold War tensions?
What is it brought the world to the brink of nuclear war between the U.S. and the USSR?
Why did the Soviet Union not block the UN's intervention in Korea?
What is the USSR was boycotting the Security Council over the UN's refusal to seat Communist China?
How did the Tet Offensive change American public opinion about the Vietnam War?
What is it showed that North Vietnam could launch large-scale attacks, contradicting U.S. claims of progress?
Analyze how the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 reflected Cold War priorities.
What is it improved military mobility and evacuation routes in case of a nuclear attack?
Why was the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 a turning point in world history?
What is it signaled the decline of Soviet influence and the approaching end of the Cold War?
Why was the Chinese Civil War significant in the Cold War context?
What is the communist victory expanded the influence of communism in Asia, increasing U.S. containment efforts?
Compare and contrast U.S. involvement in the Korean War with later conflicts like Vietnam.
What is both were efforts to contain communism, but Korea ended in stalemate while Vietnam ended in U.S. withdrawal and communist victory?
How did the Fall of Saigon symbolize the limits of U.S. Cold War foreign policy?
What is it showed that military power couldn’t always prevent the spread of communism or create lasting political solutions?
Discuss the relationship between the Space Race and military technology development.
What is advances in missile technology were closely tied to space exploration efforts?
Explain how the fall of the Berlin Wall reflected internal dissatisfaction in communist East Germany.
What is East Germans wanted more freedom, prosperity, and democratic rights, pressuring their government to open the borders?
Assess the role of fear and propaganda in McCarthyism and HUAC’s influence on American democracy.
What is fear of communism allowed leaders to use propaganda and investigations to limit free speech and target political dissent?