End of WWII: Each country would temporarily occupy the lands that were impacted by the _____

After WWII, the countries agreed to restore order and hold free elections so people could decide on their future government.

Once peace was declared, the Soviet Union found itself reluctant to leave its occupied ________.

The Soviet Union worked hard to be sure that the new governments were ________.

It eventually began to take over Eastern European and Asian countries by force in order to spread ________.

The US offered aid to the countries threatened by the _____

When the Communists took over China in 1949, what was the United States worried about?

US President Harry Truman believed that when a country became ________, all of the nearby countries would also start turning to communism.

Why did the 'domino theory' get its name?

America reacted with a policy of _______ in order to keep Communism from spreading.

The US would not go to war in order to change a country’s Communist government; however, it would provide aid and money to _______ governments fighting Communism.

This policy of containment led America into wars in which two countries?

Before World War II, who controlled the Korean peninsula?

After World War II, which two countries agreed to temporarily govern Korea together until a stable government was established?

True or False: The Soviet Union and the United States could agree on a single approach to government in Korea after World War II.

Fill in the blank: The two countries eventually agreed to let Korea be divided into _______ and _______.

Who controlled Korea north of the 38th parallel and established a Communist government there?

The United States was in charge of Korea south of the _______ parallel and promoted a democratic government and capitalist economy.

In 1950, who was the leader of North Korea who sent soldiers supplied by the Soviet Union to invade South Korea?

Who ordered American forces to support Korean ground troops and asked the United Nations to approve the use of force to stop the invasion?

Korean War: The United Nations saw North Korea’s invasion as illegal and committed troops from how many member nations to the area?

Korean War: Who commanded the UN force and led the defense of South Korea?

Korean War: The combined UN forces were able to drive North Korean soldiers out of South Korea all the way to the ________ border.

What happened when the Communist Chinese attacked during the Korean War?

When the fighting finally stopped in 1953, the Korean War ended in a ________ (a tie with no winner).

What dividing line remained intact between the two countries after the Korean War?

What was the condition of the Korean peninsula after the war?

According to the information provided, what type of government does South Korea have today?

Who is the autocratic leader of North Korea today?

South Korea has free elections and a democratic constitution today.

France laid claim to the land area known as Indochina (now Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos) in the early _____

Who took control of Indochina during World War II?

Nationalism: The people who lived in Indochina resisted _______ control.

Nationalism: How did the people in Indochina feel about being treated like second-class citizens in their own country?

Nationalism: Vietnamese nationalism arose under the leadership of _______.

According to the passage, why did Ho Chi Minh believe that the Communist Party was the way to go?

According to the passage, what did Ho Chi Minh begin to do as his views became popular among the people?

On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from which country, according to the passage?

Who created the Viet Minh League, a guerrilla army, to fight against the French?

The Viet Minh received assistance from which two countries?

For how many years did the Viet Minh fight the French troops in what is known as the First Indochina War?

In what year did France surrender and agree to negotiate Vietnam’s independence?

Who wanted control of all of Vietnam after France surrendered?

The United States opposed Ho Chi Minh"s control of Vietnam because Minh favored ________.

A compromise was reached and Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

At which parallel was Vietnam split into two parts?

What was the plan for Vietnam after it was split at the 17th Parallel?

Who established a Communist government in North Vietnam and received military support from the Soviet Union?

A democratic government was set up in the south of Vietnam, and military training and aid was supplied by the _____?

Although he had control over the north, ______ continued to fight for full Vietnamese unification.

Why did the United States feel obligated to support the democratic government of South Vietnam?

Vietnam War: In 1965, which country sent weapons and over 500,000 soldiers to help defend South Vietnam?

Vietnam War: Name two countries, other than the United States, that supported South Vietnam.

Who were the Communist supporters in South Vietnam known as during the Vietnam War?

The Vietcong were mostly _______ and farmers who believed that Communism would improve their way of life.

Who did the Vietcong support and believe it was time to end foreign involvement in their country?

Fill in the blank: The American and South Vietnamese troops had better _______ and more supplies.

The Vietcong and North Vietnamese made up for their weakness by engaging in _______ warfare.

Fill in the blank: Small groups of Vietcong would surprise attack the US troops, and then quickly retreat into the _______ before they had time to fight back.

Fill in the blank: These attacks were brutally violent and continued for nearly a _______.

Many Americans protested US involvement in the ________ War because it had become extremely unpopular.

Billions of dollars were spent and thousands of lives were lost fighting in Vietnam to prevent the country from becoming ________.

The American and South Vietnamese forces were not making much progress in winning the war, so in 1969, the US began to ________ its troops.

After many years of fighting and the loss of thousands of lives on both sides, the last American military troops withdrew from Vietnam in _____

In which year did South Vietnam officially surrender?

Who took over the country and unified it as the Republic of Vietnam, a Communist state?

Even though Ho Chi Minh died in 1969, his dream of an independent ______ finally became a reality.

Ho Chi Minh lived to see the unification of Vietnam as an independent country.

Communist rule in ________ has left many citizens in poverty with very little human rights.

Which country uses most of its resources on the military, resulting in few modern conveniences for its people?

Fill in the blank: In Vietnam, the government struggled for many years, but is finally starting to experience strong ________ growth.

In order to protect democracy and citizens’ individual freedoms and rights, which country intervened in both Korea and Vietnam?

Even though America’s containment policy failed in keeping Communists out of Korea and Vietnam, worldwide, ______ eventually proved to be more successful.

Over time, more and more countries have made the switch from communism to democracy.