Policy Of Contaiment - Cuba, Korea And Vietnam (add more, not done on Vietnam) Flashcards
What was the policy of containment?
The policy of containment was a policy where if a country was already communist then America wouldn’t do anything but they also wouldn’t let it spread another inch
Why might have the Truman Doctrine been introduced?
There are a number of things that are -
- to send a message to Stalin
- soviet expansion
- message to the west
- the event in Greece
By September 1950 what had happened to Korea
All of South Korea had been invaded by communists other than a small big in the bottom right of the country
What happened that saved Korea
The US commander MacArthur and UN troops stormed Inchon and got the N-Koreans from behind and equaled it out at the 38th parallel
What did MacArthur do that went against the policy of containment ?
He pushed past the 38th parallel and into a zone that had already been communist
Where did the UN troops reach that ended up with them being pushed back to the 38th parallel?
The UN troops pushed all the way to the Yalu river which bordered with China. China was then annoyed and sent troops (2,000) to help N-Korea as it has just recently turned communist and helped them push back the UN passed the 38th parallel but the UN pushed back to the 38th parallel.
Who was the leader of N-Korea ?
It was Kim-il-sun who thought he was liberating the south. He had to keep asking Stalin If he could invade but he kept saying no
Why did Stalin agree to Kim il sun’s proposals to invaded S-Korea
This is because Russia had now got atomic bombs and felt equal with the USA
How did America get soldiers from the UN to help them help S-Korea?
This is because Russia was on a strike as the UN wouldn’t let communist China join and so they couldn’t veto it and so it got passed
Why did America get involved in the Koran war?
This was because they needed people to know that they would follow the policy of containment and this was their first chance to show it
Who was the leader of the communist takeover of Cuba?
Fidel Castro
How where the Russian missiles first discovered on Cuba?
They where seen by a spy plane that was flying over
Where did America think of Cuba?
In their backyard
Who was the American president at the time?
JFK / John Kennedy
What was a major business who’s building got shut down when the communists took over Cuba?
Coca Cola but so did many other businesses
What is special about Cuba to this day?
It is one of the country’s that are still communist
Why did Khrushchev put missiles on Cuba?
It could of been for a number of thing like to strengthen the ussr, to test the USA’s strength, to defend Cuba, to close the missile gap or he might have planned the whole thing to make Cuba stay communist
Why did Kennedy choose the blockade to stop Khrushchev?
This was because it was the best option. It showed that America was prepared to stick to their policy of containment while still having very little chance of conflict
Was Cuba a success in containment .
No because Cuba had to stay communist and America had to take their missiles of turkey and so lost their advantage
Who won the Cold War ?
From the eyes of the public, America won because no one knew that Cuba was still communist and Khrushchev and Kennedy had a deal to not say anything about the missiles or much else
Overall Khrushchev won but no one knew that and so he lost all respect in Russia and was voted out because it looked like he had retreated
Why was Khrushchev putting missiles on Cuba such a big thing?
This is because his missiles could now reach Florida and Cuba was behind America’s anti missile system that told them When missiles where coming and so by the time the missile hit, they wouldn’t of seen it coming.
What parallel was Vietnam split down by?
17th parallel
What parallel was Korea split by?
38th parallel
Who was the leader of North Vietnam ?
Hi chi Minh
What where the stages of involvement in Vietnam ?
1-No involvement(France was trying to get back Vietnam form loosing it to japan in ww2) 2-Financial involvement (To help France when they where being defeated and worn down(500 million dollars a year)). 3- political involvement (diems control who was a man that America made leader of SV but was unpopular and killed by USA) 4-Military involvement(When France gave up and America took over)
Who was Ho Chi Minh ?
His family fought in the war against the French
He traveled around the world and became communist
He helped set up the French communist party
Know as Nyuga the patriot
Family was very poor
Who was Ngo Dinh Diem ?
When America (made) him to become president he got 600,000 votes when there are only 450,000 people He was a rich land owner in a country of poor peoples He was catholic and hated people who where budest which was the main religion of Vietnam
Why did the USA get involved in Vietnam ?
For many reason of which some are : Worries of communism The domino effect Failure of French Failure of Diem
