*****Final Review Part 3 (Cold War) Flashcards
Who was the leader of communist North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
What did the Gulf on Tonkin eventually lead to for the United States?
The USS Maddox being shot led to the U.S going to war with North Vietnam.
To increase support for South Vietnam the United States started Operation ______ in 1965:
Rolling Thunder (dropping bombs on N. Vietnam)
One of the main difficulties in destroying the Hi Chi Minh Trail was:
It was a dirt/bike trail and could easily be rebuilt
What did the TET Offensive prove the American people?
It made them realize they could not win, and they couldn’t continue fighting the war.
The United States was fearful of which two countries entering the Vietnam War?
The USSR and China
President Nixon believed his policy of Vietnamization would accomplish:
President Nixon believed Vietnamization would teach Vietnam how to fight and allow the U.S. to leave the war.
The controversy behind using Agent Orange was:
The agricultural defoliant caused children to have defects and get sick.
As growing anit-war moments spread across the United States, they eventually lead to which shooting:
Kent State Shooting, the shooting of college students which led to student strikes.
As the last American soldiers left Vietnam, South Vietnam would eventually:
Fall to North Vietnam and to communism
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial has over how many names inscribed on it:
58,000
Which country-controlled Indochina/Vietnam before 1954?
France
In 1954 the U.S. helped create the Geneva Accords which:
Was an agreement that there would be an election held in 2 years (1956) between South Vietnam and North Vietnam to see who would be able to rule the country.
After 1954 the United States main way of supporting Vietnam in the 1950’s was:
They gave South Vietnam supplies and training.
According to President Eisenhower’s Domino Theory:
Communism would spread to countries surrounding Communist countries and have a domino effect.
Which major battle in 1954 forced France to abandon their territory in Vietnam?
Vietnamese War
What did the United States promise would occur in 1956?
An election to see if either North Vietnam or South Vietnam would be able to rule the country. (Communism or Capitalism)
Why was the United States support of Diem unpopular in South Vietnam
Because Diem was Catholic and seen as a bad person, Vietnamese are Buddhist.
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine
To prevent the spread of communism
Which of the following organization was formed at the end of WWII to prevent future wars?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
What did the USSR promise to hold after WWII in Eastern Europe?
They promised to allow free elections in all territories in Eastern Europe liberated from Nazi occupation.
The hostilities caused by competing political philosophies between the U.S. and the USSR was known as
Cold War
NATO consisted of
Us, Western Europe
The United States followed a policy of stopping the spread of Communism, which was called
Containment
