*****Final Review Part 3 (Cold War)

Question 1

Who was the leader of communist North Vietnam?

Answer 1

Ho Chi Minh

Question 2

What did the Gulf on Tonkin eventually lead to for the United States?

Answer 2

The USS Maddox being shot led to the U.S going to war with North Vietnam.

Question 3

To increase support for South Vietnam the United States started Operation ______ in 1965:

Answer 3

Rolling Thunder (dropping bombs on N. Vietnam)

Question 4

One of the main difficulties in destroying the Hi Chi Minh Trail was:

Answer 4

It was a dirt/bike trail and could easily be rebuilt

Question 5

What did the TET Offensive prove the American people?

Answer 5

It made them realize they could not win, and they couldn’t continue fighting the war.

Question 6

The United States was fearful of which two countries entering the Vietnam War?

Answer 6

The USSR and China

Question 7

President Nixon believed his policy of Vietnamization would accomplish:

Answer 7

President Nixon believed Vietnamization would teach Vietnam how to fight and allow the U.S. to leave the war.

Question 8

The controversy behind using Agent Orange was:

Answer 8

The agricultural defoliant caused children to have defects and get sick.

Question 8

As growing anit-war moments spread across the United States, they eventually lead to which shooting:

Answer 8

Kent State Shooting, the shooting of college students which led to student strikes.

Question 9

As the last American soldiers left Vietnam, South Vietnam would eventually:

Answer 9

Fall to North Vietnam and to communism

Question 10

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial has over how many names inscribed on it:

Answer 10

58,000

Question 11

Which country-controlled Indochina/Vietnam before 1954?

Answer 11

France

Question 12

In 1954 the U.S. helped create the Geneva Accords which:

Answer 12

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.

Question 13

After 1954 the United States main way of supporting Vietnam in the 1950’s was:

Answer 13

They gave South Vietnam supplies and training.

Question 14

According to President Eisenhower’s Domino Theory:

Answer 14

Communism would spread to countries surrounding Communist countries and have a domino effect.

Question 15

Which major battle in 1954 forced France to abandon their territory in Vietnam?

Answer 15

Vietnamese War

Question 16

What did the United States promise would occur in 1956?

Answer 16

An election to see if either North Vietnam or South Vietnam would be able to rule the country. (Communism or Capitalism)

Question 17

Why was the United States support of Diem unpopular in South Vietnam

Answer 17

Because Diem was Catholic and seen as a bad person, Vietnamese are Buddhist.

Question 18

What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine

Answer 18

To prevent the spread of communism

Question 19

Which of the following organization was formed at the end of WWII to prevent future wars?

Answer 19

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Question 20

What did the USSR promise to hold after WWII in Eastern Europe?

Answer 20

They promised to allow free elections in all territories in Eastern Europe liberated from Nazi occupation.

Question 21

The hostilities caused by competing political philosophies between the U.S. and the USSR was known as

Answer 21

Cold War

Question 22

NATO consisted of

Answer 22

Us, Western Europe

Question 22

The United States followed a policy of stopping the spread of Communism, which was called

Answer 22

Containment

Question 22

The Berlin Airlift was a victory for

Answer 22

The US because it proved that the policy Containment could work.

Question 23

Why did China enter the Korean War?

Answer 23

To support North Korea/spread communism.

Question 24

Which two groups fought a civil war in China both before and after WWII

Answer 24

The Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalists.

Question 25

After the Chinese Revolution the Nationalist retreated to which island?

Answer 25

Taiwan

Question 26

Why was 1949 a terrible year for the United States

Answer 26

Because the Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb and China fell to Communism making the U.S. and the policy of containment seem weak.

Question 27

Why did Churchill give the “Iron Curtain” speech to the United States after WWII

Answer 27

To promote containment/ explain why the USSR is a threat/ urge US to take action.

Question 28

During the Korean War, what did President Truman and General MacArthur disagree strongly about?

Answer 28

They disagreed strongly about the use of atomic bombs in the Korean War. (General MacArthur was fired for wanting to use them)

Question 29

What was the result of the Korean War?

Answer 29

Korea split at the 38th parallel, the North being communist and the South being capitalist and agreeing to not go past the 38th parallel.

Question 30

NATO stands for?

Answer 30

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 31

The 38th parallel was known as

Answer 31

DMZ (Korean Demilitarized Zone)