Cold War Proxy Wars (Korea and Vietnam)

Korea was divided along the __________ Parallel after World War II.

• 35^th

• 36^th

• 37^th

• 38^th

The president of the USA during the Korean War was

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Woodrow Wilson

• Harry Truman

• Joseph Stalin

What happened when China decided to join the Korean War?

• They managed to conquer Korea.

• They helped North Korea push the USA and South Korean forces back across the 38^th parallel.

• They could not defeat the USA and South Korea, so North Korean forces remained in China.

• They were attacked by the USA with nuclear weapons.

What was the United States' policy towards communism during the early years of the Cold War?

• Containment
• Extermination
• Isolationsim
• Elimination

What was the Domino Theory?

• the idea that if one country fell to Communism, neighboring countries would fall too

• Communism would not spread and it would be contained

• Containment had failed

What style of warfare did the Vietcong use?

• Guerilla
• Trench
• Aerial
• Traditional

What was the purpose of Agent Orange and Napalm during the Vietnam War?

• to kill vegetation (jungle)

• to smoke out the Vietcong

• revenge for the Tet Offensive

• to kill all the animals in the jungle

The surprise attack by the Vietcong during the Vietnamese New Year on US troops in South Vietnam was called

• Tet Offensive

• Gulf of Tonkin Offensive

• Maddox Offensive

• Operation Rolling Thunder

How did the Korean War end?

• Peace Treaty
• South Korea Victory
• North Korea Victory
• Armistice

Who was put in charge of the American forces in Korea and even wanted to use the atomic bomb against China?

• John Bassilone

• Douglas MacArthur

• Harry Truman

• Richard Nixon