Containment of Communism

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

• containment

• Good Neighbor policy

• isolationism

• Roosevelt Corollary

After WWII, North Korea was occupied by the ____________ and had a ____________ government.

• U.S.S.R./Communist

• U.S.S.R./Democratic

• U.S.A./Communist

• U.S.A./Democratic

After WWII, South Korea was occupied by ____________ and had a ____________ government.

• U.S.S.R./Communist

• U.S.S.R./Democratic

• U.S.A./Communist

• U.S.A./Democratic

What were the results of the Korean War?

• The two sections of Korea reunited

• North Korea & South Korea remained divided

• The Soviet Union took control of both sections of Korea

• China set up a communist government

What is the idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of SE Asia would follow?

• Domino theory
• MAD theory
• Containment theory
• China Syndrome

Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?

• Ho Chi Minh

• Mao Zedong

• Kim Il Sung

• Douglas MacArthur

One major reason for why the Vietnam War was so unpopular was the draft. What is a military draft?

• required military service

• a type of airplane

• government rule by a few people

What was the main reason for the construction of the Berlin Wall?

• To embarrass America
• To stop East Germans from fleeing to West Germany
• To reduce cold war tensions
• To demonstrate the success of Communism

The ____ granted the president broad military powers in Vietnam

• Geneva Accords
• Tonkin Gulf Resolution
• Marshall Plan
• Operation Rolling Thunders

Vietcong

• South Vietnam force
• North Vietnam force
• North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam
• Another name for Communists