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Why did the USA and the UN get involved in Korea?

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China fell to communism (didn’t want it to spread)
Truman’s policy of containment
USSR could act however they wanted
To keep democracy in South Korea

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Korea Background

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Divided at the 38th parallel
Communist North
Nationalist South

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Korea Invasion

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North leader received support from China and USSR to invade South
South Koreans pushed back to Pusan

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Korea UN Reaction

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USSR couldn’t veto because they weren’t present bc they were opposing the UN
Joint UN army headed by Douglas Mc Arthur

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South Korean leader

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Syngman Rhee

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North Korean leader

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Kim Il Sung

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Korea what happened?

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UN supported the South 
Pushed back the north 
Chinese got involved 
Pushed back the south
Started to use bombers
Pushed back the north to 38th parallel
McArthur wanted to use nuclear weapons
He was fired by Truman
In July 1953 agreed to ceasefire at 38th parallel
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Why was the Berlin Wall built?

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To separate the east and the west

To stop brain drain from east to west

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Berlin Wall

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Only one entrance and exit- Checkpoint Charlie
Nicknamed wall of shame by the west
Destroyed in 1991 over miscommunication- thought they were allowed to destroy it.
Went at it with hammers

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Korean War start & end

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1950-1953

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Cuban Revolution

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Fidel Castro overthrew with guerrilla tactics General Batista (liked by US)
1959

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Bay of Pigs

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US broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba
In 1961 Kennedy supplied weapons Cuban Exiles (1400) to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro
Trained by CIA
Met with 20000 cuban troupes with tanks
Got killed or captured within days
Kennedy seen as weak

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The Cuban Missile Crisis what happened?

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Nuclear warheads on Cuba by USSR
Would be ready in 7 days
Blockaded Cuba
Sent letter to Khrushchev demanding removal of missiles
Khrushchev asks for removal missiles in Turkey
Secretly agrees to remove missiles in Turkey
Khrushchev agrees

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Vietnam War

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Before 1945 French colony -Indochina
During WW2 Japan invades Indochina
A communist resistance VietMinh (leader Ho Chi Minh)
France wants it former colony back- IndoChina War 1945-54 (France vs VietMinh)
US foreign policy- the Domino Theory
French lost- 1954 Geneva Agreement (4 countries, free elections)
Diem
New Resistance communist NLF (Viet Cong)
1964 bay of tonkin
Operation Rolling Thunder

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IndoChina

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French colony before WW2, then controlled by Japan during WW2.

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Viet Minh

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Communist resistance group, fought Japan then France.

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Ho Chi Minh

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Leader of the Viet Minh then leader of North Vietnam after the Geneva agreement

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The Truman Doctrine

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US policy of containment to stop the spread of communism

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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu

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French defeated by Viet Minh

End of IndoChina war

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The Geneva Agreement

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1954
IndoChina divided into Laos, Cambodia and North and South Vietnam
Free elections

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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Anti-communist leader of South Vietnam

Installed by the US

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The Domino Theory

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South East Asian countries would fall to communism if South Vietnam falls to communism

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NLF/ National Liberation Front/ Viet Cong

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South Vietnamese resistance movement against Diem and US

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Strategic Hamlets Policy

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To save people from communism by relocating them and stop Viet Cong from getting supplies/soldiers

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Gulf of Tonkin Incident

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Two US vessels attacked by North Vietnam
Us troops sent to South Vietnam
1964

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Operation Rolling Thunder

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US bombs North Vietnam

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Cuban Missile Crisis Start & End

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1 week in October 1962

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Vietnam War Start & End

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1955-1975

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