Crash Course Cold War in Asia

What was the primary focus of the US in the Korean War?

• Direct engagement with a communist power

• Colonizing North Korea

• Supporting South Korea with financial aid only

• Preventing the spread of democracy

Who led the Communist North Korea during the Korean War?

• Mao Zedong

• Syngman Rhee

• Kim Il Sung

• Ho Chi Minh

What was the result of the Korean War?

• North Korea's victory over South Korea

• Stalemate at the 38th parallel

• Unification of Korea as a non-communist state

• South Korea's annexation of North Korea

What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?

• A major victory for the US Navy

• A peace treaty between the US and Vietnam

• An imaginary attack used to justify US involvement in Vietnam

• A successful North Vietnamese attack on US warships

What was the main reason for the US's involvement in Vietnam?

• To gain territorial control in Asia

• To assist Vietnam in gaining independence

• To prevent the spread of communism

• To support French colonial rule

Who was the US president that escalated American troops in Vietnam in 1965?

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• John F. Kennedy

• Richard Nixon

What was the main strategy of the US in the Vietnam War?

• Search and destroy missions

• Naval blockades

• Large-scale offensives to capture territory

• Diplomatic negotiations only

What was the outcome of the Vietnam War for the United States?

• A decisive military victory

• A negotiated peace with honor

• The first war the US definitively lost

• Expansion of US territory in Asia

What was the War Powers Act intended to do?

• Increase the president's power to declare war

• Declare war on North Vietnam

• Authorize unlimited military spending

• Limit the president's ability to send troops overseas without Congress approval

What motivated the Vietnamese to fight with such determination according to the text?

• For national independence

• For political ideology

• For economic gains

• For scientific progress