Communists Take Power In China/War in Korea and Vietnam

Question 1

Jiang Jiehi

Answer 1

Nationalist leader of Southwestern China
Had army of 2.5 million men
Wouldn’t fight because looking out for the future
Nationalist VS Communist

Question 2

Ho Chi Minh

Answer 2

Young Vietnamese nationalist
Turned to the communists for help in struggle
Ho’s Indochinese Communist party led revolts and strikes against the French

Question 3

Domino Theory

Answer 3

The idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under communist control
By president Eisenhower

Question 4

Ngo Dinh Diem

Answer 4

Leader of an anti-communist government set up by the United States and France

Question 5

Vietcong

Answer 5

A group of communist guerrillas who, with the help of North Vietnam, fought against the South Vietnamese government in the Vietnam War

Question 6

Vietnamization

Answer 6

President Richard Nixon’s strategy for ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, involving a gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces

Question 7

Fidel Castro

Answer 7

Young lawyer that led a revolution in Cuba
Brings social reforms and improves economy
Harsh dictator
Turned to the Soviets for economic and military aid

Question 8

Third world

Answer 8

During the Cold War, the developing nations not allied with either the United States or the Soviet Union

Question 9

Mao Zedong

Answer 9

Communist had a stronghold in Northwestern China
Promote literacy and improve food production
(Gave people what they wanted)