Cold War Origins
A global confrontation between the Soviet Union & the U.S
What is the Cold War?
Policy of making U.S. military so strong, that no enemy would dare attack
What is deterrence?
The type of people who flocked to Mao
Who are peasants?
The two parts that Korea was split
What is the North and South?
Belief that if 1 nation went communist, others would too
What is the domino theory?
The number of zones that Germany was divided
What is four?
Going to the verge of war in order to get what you want
What is brinkmanship?
Chinese leader of the Nationalist movement
Who is Mao Zedong?
The President who requested UN troops
Who is Truman?
Practiced
- hit-&-run ambush tactics
- lived in general population
- underground tunnels
- booby traps & mines
What are the Vietcong?
Border nations between U.S.S.R. & the west.
What are Satellite Nations?
1st satellite in orbit
What is Soviet Sputnik?
Led the Indian Independence movement
Who is Gandhi?
Military linked w/corporate & scientific groups
U.S. strategy to wear down VC morale
What is War of Attrition?
Agency to spread communism around the world
What is Cominform?
Said to have held radical political views
What is the Hollywood Ten?
The amount of days that Gandhi marched
What is 23?
Under this general the US advanced to the China border
Who is General MacArthur?
DAILY DOUBLE
Gasoline-based bomb that sets fire to the jungle
What is napalm?
Provided aid to foreign countries.
What is the Marshall Plan?
False accusations of being a communist & being“unAmerican” towards political adversaries
What is McCarthyism?
The date that Gandhi was arrested
What is May 5?
Man who led the Communist government in the North
Who is Kim Il Sung?
A series of surprise attacks by the Viet Cong & the N. on cities, & U.S. bases throughout South
What is the Tet Offensive?