Russia
What was another name for the king of Russia?
Czar
What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What years did the Vietnam war take place?
1955-1975
What number on the parallel line was the map drawn for North and South Korea?
38th.
Name the president of Cuba during and after the Cold War.
Fidel Castro.
What nickname was Joseph Stalin given?
Uncle Joe
When was NATO formed?
1949
North Korean troups attacked U.S. warships in the Gulf of ...
Tonkin
The American president asked which organization for authorization to fight the North in Korea?
United Nations.
What was the Credibility Gap?
Lyndon Johnson wasn’t always truthful with the American people about the US involvement in Vietnam and this was part of Credibility Gap between what the government told Americans about the war and what was really happening.
What group of Russians took down the monarcy?
The Bolsheviks
Which president was assassinated in 1963? You must give his whole name.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
What does it mean America fought a proxy war in Vietnam?
Not in their own territory.
What years did the Korean War take place?
1950-1953
What was the "Red Scare"?
Hysteria in America over the perceived threat posed by communists. Communists were often referred to as reds for their allegiance to the red Soviet flag.
What was the name of the organization the U.S.S.R. made to fight the Americans and what country was it established in?
Warsaw Pact in Poland.
Name 3 countries where America fought against communism.
Cuba, Korea, Africa, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia.
Name 2 weapons used on the Vietnamese.
Agent orange and napalm.
Why did the U.S. president not ask Congress for authorization to go to war in Korea?
Because he thought it was a U.N. Police action and not a war.
About how much did the Vietnam War cost for American and how many American and Vietnamese people were killed?
The war cost America more than 100 billion dollars and 58,000 troops, while over a million Vietnamese were killed.
What does U.S.S.R. stand for?
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics
What was the name of the plan to contain communism and fight it in other countries?
The Monroe Doctrine.
What was the name of the North Vietnamese communist leader?
Ho Chi Minh
Name the American president who was in charge during the Korean War.
Truman.
Name the place, year and date that president J.F.K was assassinated.
November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas.