Social Studies Cold War And Vietnam War Era

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Korean War

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o Began when North Korean troops invaded South Korea
o UN and USA became involved
o Ended in armistice resulting Korea dividing, w/North Korea becoming a Communist dictatorship and an elected republic in the South

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John F Kennedy

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o Democratic President of US elected in 1960
o Youngest president
o Irish Catholic
o Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas on Nov. 1963

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Lyndon Baines Johnson

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o Vice president to JFK
o President after JFK’s assassination, re-elected in 1964
o Committed to civil rights and reduction of poverty
o Deeply involved the US in the Vietnam War

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Richard M Nixon

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o Republican
o Vice President to Eisenhower
o Strongly anti-communist
o President-elect in 1968, re-elected ‘72
o Presided over end of Vietnam War
o Resigned when facing impeachment for involvement in Watergate

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Mao Zedong

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o Conquered mainland China
o Leader of Communist troops

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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o When Middle Eastern nations requested US help from Communist aggressors, the US was free to give it

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U-2 Incident

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o When American spy plane was shot down in USSR, pilot Francis Gary Powers confessed to being an American spy
o Eisenhower admitted to spying on the USSR

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CIA

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o Central Intelligence Agency
o American international spy agency

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KGB

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Soviet Secret Police

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Bay of Pigs

Back 10

o Invasion of Cuba during the time of dictator Castro
o Supported by America and JFK
o Failed
o Increased Castro’s power and stature

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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o JFK’s administration learned that USSR had missile bases in Cuba
o Kennedy demanded that Khrushchev remove them
o Khrushchev agreed that he would if the US removed their missiles from Turkey
o Both nations removed their missile bases
o Very close to nuclear War

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Nuclear Warheads

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o Bombs with nuclear material

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Domino Theory

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o Cold War-era belief
o Used in Southeast Asia
o “If one country became Communist, its neighbors would soon fall to Communism as well”

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Space Race

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o Race between US and USSR for satellites and space exploration

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Ho Chi Minh

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o Communist leader of North Vietnam
o Goal to unite North and South Vietnam as one Communist nation

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Viet Cong

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o Vietnamese Communists
o Based in South Vietnam
o Fought South Vietnam and US during Vietnam War

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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o President of South Vietnam 1955-63
o Catholic
o Supported by US until his controversial tactics led his generals to carry out a coup. This coup was supported by the US.

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Buddhist Crisis

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o 1963
o Buddhist monks set themselves on fire publicly
o Protest against Diem’s “religious suppression”
o Negative publicity for Diem regime

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Tonkin Gulf Resolution

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o Passed by Congress in 1964
o Authorizing “all necessary measures” to defend US and allies

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Pathet Lao

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o Laotian Communist Movement
o Active 1950-70

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Vietnamization

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o US military trained Vietnam troops
o To allow these troops to continue fighting after withdrawal of US troops