Korea and Vietnam Wars

Why did the United States get involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars?

• to spread Communism

• To prevent communism from spreading

• to gain allies

• To promote trade with the Korean peninsula

The 38th parallel marks the dividing line between ___ and ____.

• North and South Korea

• North and South Vietnam

• Korea and China

• Japan and Korea

The idea that if one country becomes communist, then surrounding countries will follow them is called the ____

• The Cultural Revolution

• Domino Theory

• Follow the Leader

• The MacArthur Plan

_____ was the communist leader of north Vietnam

• Douglas MacArthur

• Mao Zedong

• Ho Chi Minh

• Harry Truman

The United States successfully contained communism. True or False?

• True

• False

The result of the _____ war was that one country remained and it was communist.

• Vietnam

• Korea

• Japan

• Civil

China and the Soviet Union supported the north in the ____ War.

• Cold

• Japanese

• Korean

• Vietnam

_____ divided into 2 parts after World War II

• Vietnam and Japan

• China and Japan

• Korea and Vietnam

• Korea and China

After WWII, all of the following countries EXCEPT ________ agreed to help restore order to the countries destroyed by the war.

• Britain

• Soviet Union

• United States

• Germany

The result of the ____ was a communist country remained in the north and a democratic country in the south.

• Cold War

• Vietnam War

• Korean War

• World War II