Vietnam
North Vietnam wanted all of Vietnam to be this.
Communist
The average age of a Vietnam Soldier was...
19
Name the drill that American students had to practice in school during the Cold War.
Duck and Cover
The names of the Spy Couple who gave away Atomic secrets and were put to death in the Electric Chair?
Julias and Ethel Rosenberg
How long did the Korean War last?
3 years
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
The VietCong used these to defeat us.
Tunnels, booby traps etc.
These were sometimes given to students to identify them in case of a nuclear attack
Dog Tags
What is a proxy war?
A war taking place between a country supported by large more powerful countries.
The Korean war ended in this
Stalemate- armistice
This was the name for South Vietnam communists who were heavily supported by the North.
Viet Cong
The American people found out about our government's use of these two substances in Vietnam.
Agent Orange and Napalm
This was the closest we ever got to actual nuclear war when we discovered nuclear warheads in this neighboring country.
Cuban Missile Crisis
What side did the United States support in both Proxy Wars?
The South- South Vietnam South Korea
To this day Korea is divided in two at this line.
38th Parallel
How many US presidents were involved in the Vietnam war?
6
There was no visible______ in the Vietnam war, making it hard to tell where our enemy was.
Front Line
The fear that communism would spread to America and that there were communist spies in the government.
Red Scare
Our failed attempt to oust Cuban Leader Fidel Castro was called this?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
North Korea was supported by this Communist Country
Soviet Union
What line was Vietnam at with the Geneva Accords?
17th Parallel
The name of the incident where American troops entered into a village and killed up to 500 innocent men, women, and children in Vietnam
My Lai Massacre
The senator who increased the Red Scare by claiming to have a list of 200 government communists- it was never proven true.
Joseph Mcarthy- Mcarthyism
The falling of this--- symbolized the end of the Cold War to many people.
Berlin Wall 1989
What is the name of the area that is at the 38th Parallel divide?
DMZ