Korean War
This was the main reason the Korean War started in 1950.
What is the invasion of South Korea by North Korea?
This country controlled Vietnam as a colony until World War II and was the French Empire's presence in the region.
What is France?
This U.S. policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism during the Cold War.
What is containment?
The Berlin Airlift, which occurred in 1948-49, was a response to the Soviet blockade of this city.
What is West Berlin?
This 1963 U.S. president’s assassination shocked the nation and the world, deeply affecting Cold War politics.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This country, led by Kim Il-sung, was the aggressor in the Korean War.
Who is North Korea?
This event, occurring in 1964, led to the U.S. Congress granting President Johnson authorization to use military force in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
This term, coined in 1947, referred to the U.S. and Soviet Union's rivalry for global dominance.
What is the Cold War?
The Soviet Union's response to the U.S. and NATO's efforts to prevent communism in Europe, the Warsaw Pact, was signed in this year.
What is 1955
This 1972 agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union helped reduce nuclear weapons and tensions between the two superpowers.
What is the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)?
This U.S. general led UN forces during the Korean War and was later removed from command by President Truman.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
This U.S. strategy, used heavily during the Vietnam War, involved bombing campaigns aimed at destroying North Vietnam's infrastructure.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
The U.S. and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war during this event in 1962.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This war in the 1960s and 1970s saw the U.S. attempt to stop communist forces in Southeast Asia, though it ended in failure.
What is the Vietnam War?
This 1954 international agreement, which ended the First Indochina War, temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel.
What is the Geneva Accords?
The Korean War ended in 1953 with this type of agreement, which has not been replaced by a formal peace treaty.
What is an armistice?
This 1973 agreement led to the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam.
What is the Paris Peace Accords?
This doctrine, articulated by President Truman, promised U.S. support to nations resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
In 1956, Soviet forces crushed a revolution in this Eastern European country, demonstrating the USSR's control over its satellite states
What is Hungary?
In 1961, this U.S. president’s decision to authorize the Bay of Pigs invasion resulted in a major foreign policy failure.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This major battle, fought in late 1950, was a decisive turning point when UN forces successfully pushed North Korean troops out of South Korea.
What is France?
This battle, fought in 1968 during the Tet Offensive, was a turning point in the war and helped shift American public opinion.
What is the Battle of Hue?
This 1949 military alliance, created to counter Soviet aggression, included the U.S. and several Western European nations.
What is NATO
This event, which occurred in 1956, led to the creation of a ceasefire agreement that ended the Suez Crisis
What is the Suez Crisis?
This U.S. president initiated the policy of détente with the Soviet Union in the 1970s, aiming to ease Cold War tensions.
Who is Richard Nixon?