Who am I? Cold War Edition

Tensions between U.S. and Russia. Both compete for the race to space and nuclear weapons.

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• Cold War

U.S. policy equipping and training South Vietnamese to fight

• Escalation

• Vietnamization

• Containment

Increasing troops for the U.S. in Vietnam

• Escalation

• Vietnamization

• Containment

Divided East and West into two parts, also called the Berlin Wall.

• Bay of Pigs Invasion

• Iron Curtain

• West invasion

A Mexican-American soldier who was critically wounded.

He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism in Vietnam.

• Reies López Tijerinak

• Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales

• Roy Benavidez

Member of the communist guerrilla (unofficial military person) Opposed South Vietnam and U.S. forces.

• Dove

• Vietcong

• Hacks

Division formed between North and South Korea

• 37th Parallel

• 39th Parallel

• 38th Parallel

North Korea (Communist)l South Korea occupied U.S. (non-communist) Divided into 2 parts.

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Cold War

Dispute between Pres. Truman and MacArthur MacArthur wanted to use atomic weapons to free China from Communist control.

• Marshall plan

• Truman-MacArthur Controversy

• McCarthyism

Created to help European nations rebuild and give economic aid after WWII.

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Truman-MacArthur