Vocab
Domino theory is where if one country becomes communist, more countries will become communist
Who were the Viet Cong?
The Communist Army of the North of Vietnam
True or False
US Soldiers were able to easily fight against Guerilla Warfare
FALSE!!!
Guerilla warfare not only destabilized American forces physically (sabotage, sneak attacks, traps) it also created a very intense psychological pressure
What was Operation Rolling Thunder
The US tactic of carrying lots of napalm airstrikes
Who was Nikkita Khrushchev?
The communist leader of the Soviet Union in 1960s
Describe Guerilla Warfare
A war tactic that involves lots of small battles and exchanges, often using traps, sabotage, sneak attacks, and long range exchanges (snipers)
True or False
Fidel Castro was almost assassinated by a bomb in a cigar
TRUE!!!
CIA tried to put a bomb in a cigar, sent a female escort assassin, a poisoned milkshake, a softball bomb, a camera gun, etc.
Apparently they tried over 600 times. Admitted to 8.
oh snap...
here's 1000 points!!!
Describe Boots on the Ground
A war strategy that involves people showing up to a place and shooting at their targets (traditional warfare)
What is a Revolution?
When the people of a country rise up and fight against the government/people in power, usually overthrowing them
True or False
The Cuban Missile Crisis result in better communication between the US and Russia
TRUE!!!
They set up a hotline to talk, they exchanged letters.
Really did not want nuclear war
Describe what the Bay of Pigs was
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
The communist leader of the North of Vietnam
Why would nuclear warfare be bad for everyone (including the country that uses the bomb)?
Because an absolutely massive amount of people would die. It could create nuclear fallout. Disrupt economic trade, and it would encourage the use of other Nuclear Bombs
True or False
The entered the Vietnam war because they were worried that if Vietnam became communist, so would Laos and China
FALSE!!!
The countries were Laos and Cambodia (right next to Vietnam)
The US faced a lot of pressure back home, lots of people were dying, so the US pulled out of the war. The North ended up beating the South and Vietnam became communist.
Who was Fidel Castro
He was the communist dictator of Cuba in the 1960s, had direct involvement with the U.S.
What is the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty
oh snap...
- 300 points !!!
What was the Gulf of Tonkin
A naval exchange that occurred near Vietnam which highly escalated US involvement