Cold War
What is the economic system and ideology spread by the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
Communism
Who was the President of the United States at the end of WWII?
Harry S. Truman
National Securty Council report 68
Name the three countries that made up French Indochina
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Name 2 countries that are still communist (to some degree) today.
China, North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam
What was the name of the US financial policy which saw $17billion sent to assist Europe recover from WWII?
Marshall Plan
Name two proxy wars fought during the Cold War era?
Korean War
Vietnam War
Chinese Civil War
Who was George Kennan?
US Ambassador to the USSR
The name of the meeting after the war ended and France accepted defeat
Geneva Conference
Name the countries involved in the Vietnam War
US and South Vietnam vs North Vietnam
How many zones was Germany divided after World War 2? (Not including Berlin)
4
What was the phrase that Churchill used to refer to the division between East and Western Europe?
The Iron Curtain
What did the Truman Doctrine claim the US needed to do regarding the spread of communism?
Containment
What metaphor does George Kennan use in his Long Telegram to describe communism?
malignant parasite that feeds on diseases tissue
17th Parallel
What was the informal name of the communists who were from South Vietnam?
Viet Cong
How does socialism differ to communism?
What was it called when the US and USSR competed to increase weapons spending?
The Arms Race
When did the Cold War start and end?
1947 - 1991
The Truman Doctrine was a major turning point for US foreign policy which shifted from what to what?
Isolationism to interventionism
Why did the US ignore Ho Chi Minh's plea for assistance against the French?
Because he was a commie
Which President described Vietnam as a "falling domino"?
Dwight Eisenhower
What chemical weapons did the US use during the Vietnam War
napalm and agent orange
Define capitalism (incl. the role of the government)
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit and the government do not intervene.
Explain the domino theory
If one nation were to fall to communism, other neighbouring nations would fall to communism as well
Name of the decisive battle where the Viet Minh defeated the French
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Based on the Geneva Accords, Vietnam was supposed to have democratic elections how many years after the meeting?
2 years
What was the name of the Communist dictator of Cuba?
Fidel Castro
What is the multinational organisation created for the purpose of joint action if Western Europe were attacked by the USSR?
NATO
Who was the President of the United States from 1961 to 1963?
John F. Kennedy
Which two countries did Truman specifically identify as vulnerable to communism in his speech in 1947?
Name two raw materials that the French exported during their colonisation of Indochina
rubber, sugar or rice
Who was the President of South Vietnam and puppet of the US?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Who assassinated President JFK in 1963?
Lee Harvey Oswald
Mutually Assured Destruction
What was the name of the alliance formed by the Soviets and Eastern Europe communist nations in response to the alliance started by the US?
The Warsaw Pact
As a result of NSC-68, Truman increased US spending on defence by how much between 1950 and 1953
5% to 14.2%
or almost triple
Name the foreign powers who had controlled Vietnam throughout its history before the US attempted to get involved?
China, Japan, France
What was the official name of the Viet Cong?
The National Liberation Front (NLF)
Name the four US Presidents involved in the Vietnam War (hint - Truman's term ends in 1953)
Eisenhower, JFK, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon