World History 04_Other Cold War Conflicts

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Communist Aggression in Korea:

  • Korea is divided at the ______in 1945
  • U.S. controls the South, the Soviets the North
  • Each country sets up governments before they withdrawal their troops in 1949
  • North Korea is ______
  • South Korea is not
  • On June 25, 1950 North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel
  • President Truman gets the UN to send troops to protect the south.

Korea:

  • Douglas MacArthur is labeled the commander of the UN troops (and most are U.S. troops)
  • Fighting begins badly
  • Tide begins to turn and Truman shifts his goals to unifying all of Korea instead of just protecting the south.
  • ______warns that if American troops were in North Korea they would respond with force
  • U.S./UN forces cross the 38th parallel in October and advance to the Yalu river
  • The Chinese fulfill their promise and attack the U.S./UN forces.
  • Korean war continues with each side gaining small advances back and forth from 1951-1953
  • On ______a truce ends the war dividing Korea close to the 38th parallel.

Cuban Missile Crisis:

  • The U.S. had a troubled relationship with its southern Communist neighbor
  • i.e. supported a failed attempt to overthrow Castro known as the Bay of Pigs invasion (April 1961)
  • October 1962 American reconnaissance planes discover the Soviets installing missiles in Cuba, 90 miles off the Florida coast.

Cuba:

  • Kennedy and his advisors debated how to respond
  • Decide on a naval ______of Cuba and takes concern to UN to explain actions

Blockade:

  • For several tense days U.S. waits to hear from the prime minister of the USSR, Nikita Khrushchev
  • Meanwhile several ______ships steamed towards Cuba and our blockade line.

Blockade:

  • Working through back channels Khrushchev sent Kennedy a message
  • Agreed to remove missiles if U.S. promised not to invade Cuba
  • Ships stopped outside of blockade line and crisis was averted
  • Is the closest the U.S and Soviets ever came to ______war.

The Cold War in Vietnam:

  • After WWII Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese nationalist, turns to communist for help in struggle against French
  • Ho chi Minh forms the Vietminh, a communist group
  • French no longer want colony in Vietnam after defeat at Dien Bien Phu
  • Vietnam is divided (17 N Latitude)
  • Ngo Dinh Diem leads an anti –communist gov. in the south.
  • U.S. is concerned with Vietnam becoming communist because of domino theory
  • ______: fall of Vietnam to communist, would lead to the fall of its neighbors
  • U.S. sends military advisors to the south
  • Ngo Dinh Diem’s harsh policies lead to the rise of the Vietcong, a southern communist group
  • After Gulf of Tonkin, more U.S. troops are sent and join the fight under President Johnson
  • Under Nixon U.S. withdraws, Vietnamization
  • Shortly after US leaves, communist take over Vietnam
  • Domino theory proves correct in Cambodia