Korean War
When did the Korean War begin?
June 25,1950
Where is vietnam?
Southeast Asia
What is containment theory
U.S Presidents during WW2?
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman
Civil Rights in America during the Civil War?
African Americans suffer from discrimination like segregation, economic inequality, and red linning.
One of the main causes of the Korean War?
North Korean, Soviet, and Chinese forces wanted the Korean peninsula (South Korea) to be communist and the United States wanted to prevent the spread of communism.
What advantages did the vietnamese have over the U.S
environment like climate and geography also the act of surprise.
What is Domino Theory?
The theory that if one country falls to communism a domino effect will go into place
Korean War U.S presidents?
Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO?
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
founded in 1949 by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States. Used to fight the cold war!
How did the US get indirectly involved?
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
What is guerilla warfare?
sudden ambushes or random attacks
What is the Truman Doctrine?
American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats created by U.S President Harry S. Truman.
Vietnam War U.S Presidents?
Richard Nixon, John F. kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Eisenhower, and Gerald Ford
Major U.S events?
Space Race, Nuclear Arms Race, Kennedy Assassination, Crack Cocaine Epidemic, Civil Rights Act, and Civil Rights Movement
What side was democratic and which side was communist?
North Korea- Communist
South Korea- Democratic
Who was the leader of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
The plan provided economic support/recovery to European countries post world war 2
Soviet Presidents?
Stalin, Gorbachev, Khrushchev, Brezhnev
Gorbachev foreign Policy?
Glasnost and Perestroika
Economic reconstruction and freedom of speech
Outcome regarding border?
The border stayed the same. 38th Parallel
What country supported the Democratic Vietnam
The U.S
What President influenced cold war foreign policy (INITIALLY)?
Harry S. Truman
Cold war alliances?
Warsaw Pact/ Communist nations: Soviet Union, Romania, Poland, Hungary, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, and Albania.
Western Bloc/ Capitalist nations: USA, Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Greece, Pakistan and Turkey
How was the U.S able to indirectly fight the cold war?
NATO