USA History Flashcards
When did China get involved in the Korean War?
October 1950.
Who was the president during the Korean War?
Truman
Where were the UN forces pushed back to in the initial invasion?
The Pusan Perimeter.
Who was the commander on the ground in June 1950?
General Walker.
Who came into Korea on the Inchon Landings?
General MacArthur.
What were the Inchon Landings?
A successful amphibious attack that split the NKPA (North Korean People’s Army) in two.
What line split North and South Korea?
The 38th Parallel
What year were the Geneva Accords for Vietnam?
1954.
What year was Dienbienphu?
May 1954.
When did Diem hold ‘fair’ elections in South Vietnam?
October 1955.
What year did the war between the North and South begin?
1960.
What year did Kennedy become President?
January 1961.
What year did Johnson become President?
January 1964.
When was the Gulf of Tolkin Resolution?
August 1964
What was the Gulf of Tolkin resolution?
The Americans thought they’d been attacked by North Vietnam and the resolution gave the military the ability to fight the North Vietnamese army.
When was Diem assassinated?
November 1963.
What happened in 1962?
The strategic hamlets programme + 12,000 American advisors in Vietnam.
When did Rolling Thunder begin?
March 1965
Compare the number of American troops at the end of 1965 and 1968.
1965: 200,000
1968: 535,000
When did North Korea invade South Korea?
June 1950.
What line split North and South Vietnam?
The 17th parallel.
When was the My Lai Massacre?
16 March 1968
Who’s tactic was Search and Destroy?
General Westmoreland.
When was the Kent State University shooting?
May 1970
How many American troops were in Vietnam at the end of 1971?
180,000
When was the Tet Offensive?
Jan-February 1968
When did Nixon become President?
January 1969, re-elected in 1973.
When did Kissinger eventually end the Vietnam war?
January 1973.
