58e: containment of Communism Korea and Vietnam

The U.S. got involved in Korea and Vietnam because of what foreign policy?

• containment

• Good Neighbor policy

• isolationism

• Roosevelt Corollary

Where was the Korean divided after WWII?

• 18 parallel

• 34 parallel

• 38 parallel

• 15 parallel

What is domino theory?

• If one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would fall to communism too.

• The spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and nuclear technology from one country to another.

• The agreement that ended WWII.

• A monarchical form of government in which the monarch has absolute power among his or her people.

The primary reason given by U.S. leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would —

• promote reconstruction after World War II
• maintain the policy of détente
• fulfill prior United Nations obligations
• keep communism from spreading throughout the region

What U.S. General was Commander of all U.N. troops in Korea?

• General George Marshall
• General Dwight D. Eisenhower
• General George S. Patton
• General Douglas MacArthur

What countries provided aide to North Korea during the Korean war?

• South Korea and Japan

• China and the USSR

• Japan and USSR

• USSR and Canada

What best describes the outcome of the Korean War?

• South Korea and the U.S. won, unifying a Democratic Korea
• North Korea and China won, unifying a Communist Korea
• Stalemate, with the border remaining at the 38th parallel
• The U.S. and China split Korea, each controlling a part

What was the main reason for U.S. involvement in the Korea and Vietnam wars?

• prevention of biological warfare

• improve trade

• containment of communism

• stop terrorism

Which term refers to the idea that if one country becomes communist then the other countries around it will quickly follow?

• Domino Theory

• The Great Leap Forward

• Socialism

• The Middle Path

What was the outcome of the Vietnam War?

• The war was fought to a stalemate and the country was separated at the 19th Parallel

• South Vietnam became a Communist State and North Vietnam became a democracy

• The Communists took control after the Americans left and united North and South under Communism

• French Indochina was reunited