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US History Soph

Cold War Summative

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Ho Chi Minh Trail supplying arms to the Vietcong via a network of paths along the borders of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia that became known as the supply path
Diem Anti-communist From the Vietnam South supported by the US Main military person fighting the North with US support
Johnson’s position He escalated the war in Vietnam. Afraid of communism takeover of Vietnam
Agent Orange a leaf-killing toxic chemical. The saturation use of these weapons often wounded civilians and left villages and their surroundings in ruins. many would blame Agent Orange for cancers suffered by Vietnamese civilians and American veterans.
Napalm a gasoline-based bomb that set fire to the jungle.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution resolution granted Johnson broad military powers in Vietnam. Without declaring war. This allowed send more troops & battles.
Search and Destroy uprooting civilians with suspected ties to the Vietcong, killing their livestock, and burning villages
Why the Vietcong were so difficult to defeat Because it was the jungle and different type of battle and war
End of the War April 30, 1975, North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon and cap tured the city. Soon after, South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam.
Hawks Those who felt that they need to unleash military force to win the war.
Doves Those strongly opposed to war and believe the US should withdraw
Nixon and Realpolitik created by Kissinger who was foreign advison. foreign policy should be based solely on consideration of power, not ideals or moral principles.
Reagan and Defense Spending Reagan added pressure by increasing U.S. defense spending. When the Soviets tried to keep up, their economy was pushed to the brink of collapse.
Gorbachev and Glasnost general secretary of the Communist Party March 1985. Gorbachev’s rise to power marked the beginning of a new era in the Soviet Union. He created glasnot: He allowed open criticism of the Soviet government and granted limited freedom of the press
Berlin Wall A concrete barrier to keep Soviet controlled people in East Berlin from escaping to W. Berlin
Impact of Cold War United States to develop a more complex bureaucracy. Which included the CIA. To look for spies
Suburbs people were the cities sprawling to the suburbs
Baby Boomers during the 50's and the population burst with high birth rates
What is the American Dream? To build a house, have a car, a good job
Capitalism Adam Smith opportunity to anyone willing to work. Encourages wealth Economic classes, Private ownership of production, it encourages individualism. Sometimes seen as greedy
Communism Karl Marx , classless society, divisions of wealth create the problems. government controls everything, the well being of all rather than the well being of individuals.
Truman Doctrine U.S. policy of sending aid to any nation trying to prevent a Communist takeover
Marshall Plan 16 countries received some $13 billion in aid. Marshall’s original plan even offered assistance to the Soviet Union and its allies. Stalin, however, refused to accept any assistance from the United States.
Containment taking measures to prevent the spread of Communist rule to other countries
Iron Curtain The division of Europe between free and Communist countries
Tension between Soviet Union Most of the tension is over communism spread by the USSR
Korean War who participated? North Korea Communist side with the Russians/ South Korea was the US United Nations
How did the Korean War end? The Korean war ended with the atomic bomb
Cuban Missile Crisis Domino Theory When other countries turn to communist and the US tries to avoid bordering countries from falling to communism
Cuban Missile Crisis During Kennedy's tenure it was failure Soviets were in Cuba Kennedy refused to send troops to help exiles to overthrow Castro's communist cuba
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