Target 2: Cold War Flashcards
Which best explains how the Vietnam war ended?
The Americans withdrew without victory, and after we left the communists took over South Vietnam
What was East Germany/Soviet Union most likely trying to accomplish with the Berlin blockade?
convince the Allies to give up West Berlin and let them have it
What is the relationship between the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the War Powers Act?
The War Powers Act was an attempt to reverse the Gulf of Tonkin resolution
Which best explains why the US chose to get involved in the Korean War?
Like the Truman Doctrine/Containment Policy called for, we were providing aid to a country that was in danger of falling to communism
characteristics of guerrilla warfare?
- Often catches the enemy by surprise
- often uses similar tactics to terrorism
- attacks are done by small groups
- uses hit and run tactics
- often involves ambushes and sabotage
What bothered people about escalation in the Vietnam war?
We kept adding people without seeing the improvements
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
A cease-fire was signed keeping the border close to where it was before the war
What was the Vietnam war about?
Trying to stop Vietnam from being reunified under a communist government
What was the role of the United States in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
The CIA trained people who did the invasion and promised some support
What did the war powers act do?
Limit how long the President can send troops into combat
What was the Berlin Wall a symbol of in the Cold War?
showed the lengths communists would go to control their people and prevent them from leaving
How did the US and our Allies respond to the Berlin blockade?
We sent materials in by plane
Why did the Korean War start?
North Korea invaded South Korea
Domino theory
every country that falls to communism will lead to countries around it falling to communism until communism spreads throughout the world
What did the gulf of Tonkin resolution do?
Gave the President basically unlimited power to send troops into combat in other countries
What did Kennedy decide to do when he learned there were Soviet Missiles in Cuba?
He out a quarantine around Cuba until the Soviet Union removed the missiles
Who tried to overthrow Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba, in the Bay of Pigs invasion?
Cubans who fled Cuba because they didn’t support Fidel Castro
What was East Germany/Soviet Union most likely trying to accomplish by building the Berlin wall?
Prevent east Germany from moving to west Germany
When Germany divided which side was communist
East Germany
What did East Germany and the Soviet Union do to try to prevent East Germans from escaping into West Germany?
Built a large wall to make it harder for people to get into the city
correctly state a cause/effect relationship
- The economy of West Berlin doing better than the economy of East Berlin is a cause of the Berlin Wall.
- People trying to escape from East Berlin to West Berlin was a cause of the Berlin Wall
- The Soviet Union wanting the West to give up West Berlin was a cause of the Berlin Blockade
- The Berlin Blockade caused the Berlin Airlift
Berlin Wall or blockade first?
Berlin blockade
Which events lead to the soviets putting missiles in Cuba?
- The Soviet Union was upset that the US had missiles in Turkey which was a similar distance from the Soviet Union as Cuba was from the US
- Cuba felt threatened because the US had helped plan an invasion after it became communist
- Khruschev thought Kennedy was weak
Which American President had to decide what to do about the Soviet missiles in Cuba?
John F. Kennedy
Which Soviet leader put missiles in Cuba leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Kruschev
Event in Korean War that happened first
North Korea invaded South Korea and forced the South Koreans down to the Pusan Perimeter
Second event in Korean War
with help from the UN, South Korea pushed the North out and then invaded North Korea
3rd event in Korean War
as UN/S. Korean forces conquered much of North Korea China got involved to help North Korea
4th event that happened in the Korean War
North Korea and China pushed South Koreans out and took over part of South Korea
5th event in the Korean War
UN and South Koreans pushed North Korean and Chinese troops out of South Korea
Last event in Korean War
the two sides fought along the 38th parallel for several years with each side gaining and then losing small amounts of land
Status of Korea today
It remains divided with 1/2 communist and 1/2 not, a cease-fire stopped the fighting of the Korean war, but an official peace treaty was never signed and the border is still considerable tension along the border
Who was the General who planned the Inchon invasion to turn things around in the first part of the Korean war before being fired for insubordination later in the war?
Douglas McArthur
