Study Guide: The Cold War/Vietnam War/End of Empire

People, Events, Terms: 98

Yalta ConferenceUnited NationsCold War

SuperpowersPotsdam ConferenceThe Iron Curtain

Eastern GermanyWestern Germanycontainment

The Truman DoctrineHarry S. TrumanThe Marshall Plan

NATOWarsaw PactThe Berlin Airlift

Dwight D. EisenhowerThe Berlin Walldétente

Cultural RevolutionSputnikCommunist Party

Mao ZedongJiang JieshiNationalist Party

Red ArmyPeople’s Republic of ChinaGreat Leap Forward

communesTaiwanRepublic of China

Red GuardsThe Soviet UnionMikhail Gorbachev

GlasnostPerestroikademocratization

Nuclear arms raceRonald ReaganNikita Khruschev

PolitburoBoris YeltsinHard-liners

August CoupCommonwealth of Ho Chi Minh

DienbienphuIndependent StatesThe Domino Theory

1954 Geneva Accords17th parallelNgo Diem

VietcongTonkinGulf IncidentLyndon B. Johnson

Walter CronkiteMy Lai MassacreTet Offensive

The living room warVietnamizationSaigon

“winning the hearts and minds”National Liberation Frontguerilla warfare

Paris Peace AccordsAgent OrangeHo Chi Minh Trail

Anti-war movementdraft resistanceRichard Nixon

General Vo Nguyen GiapfraggingGen.Westmoreland

Hamburger Hillpost-traumatic stress disorderWar Powers Act

French-Algerian War urban guerilla warfareSetif Massacre

Philippeville MassacreAhmed Ben BellaArabs

Battle of Algierscollective responsibilitytorture

Gen. Charles DeGaulleSecret Army OrganizationPier-Noirs

The Evian AccordsOran Massacrehippies

The Congress PartyThe Muslim LeagueThe Partition

Mohandas GandhiMuhammad Ali JinnahPakistan

Jawaharlal NehruKashmir26th Amendment

Unit Outline:

I. Tensions between Superpowers

  1. Uneasiness with Allies & Soviets C. United Nations
  2. Yalta Conference D. Potsdam Conference
  1. The Iron Curtain B. Battle of Dienbienphu
  2. The Truman Doctrine C. Origins of Vietnam War
  3. The Marshall Plan D. TonkinGulf Incident
  4. The Berlin Airlift E. Fighting tactics
  5. The Berlin Wall F. Tet Offensive

G. My Lai Massacre

II. A Divided World H. Impact of War on Homefront

I. Morale of U.S. troops

A. NATO J. Nixon’s ideology

B. Warsaw Pack

  1. Nuclear Arms race intensified VII. The Final stages of War
  2. Brinksmanship
  3. U.S. and Soviet struggle A. Paris Peace Accords

III. Chinese Civil War VIII. Results of the War

A. Communist Party A. Military impact

B. Nationalist Party B. Economic Impact

C. The War C. Political impact

D. China splits

E. Mao’s impact on Communist China IX. Impact on Vietnam War

F. Soviet/China alliance breaks down Veterans

G. The Cultural Revolution

A. Posttraumatic stress disorder IV. Global Cold War conflicts B. Exposure to Agent Orange

C. Social rejection at home

A. Korean War D. Lack of financial assistance

B. Vietnam War from the gov’t

C. Cuban Missile Crisis

D. Afghan/Soviet War X. The End of Empire

E. The Cuban Revolution

F. Nicaraguan Civil War A. Colonized nations win

G. Soviet/Angola Liberation struggle independence

V. The End of the Cold War XI. India’s Independence

A. Winds of Change A. Political strife

B. International factors B. The Partition

C. And the Wall came crumbling down… C. Kashmir

D. Beginning of the End

E. The August Coup XII. The French-Algerian War of

F. The Soviet Union collapses Independence

VI. The Vietnam War A. Origin of conflict

B. Setif Massacre

A. Cold War Conflict C. Armed revolt begins!

D. Escalation of the War

E. Battle of Algiers

F. French retaliation

G. Political upheaval

H. The tide turns in Algeria

I. The end draws near

J. Legacy of the War

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