Unit 5: How effectively did the US contain the spread of Communism?
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When was the Korean war?
1950-1953
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What was the name of the dividing line between North and South Korea?
The 38th Parallel
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Which country controlled Korea between 1910 - 1945?
Japan
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Who was the leader of North Korea?
Kim Il-Sung
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Why did the North invade the South in June 1950?
- To spread Communism
- The North had the support of the Soviet Union & China
- North Korea were supplied with tanks and heavy artillery and planes from Stalin. These were much stroinger than South Korea's forces.
-Kim thought an American response was unl
- The North had the support of the Soviet Union & China
- North Korea were supplied with tanks and heavy artillery and planes from Stalin. These were much stroinger than South Korea's forces.
-Kim thought an American response was unl
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What is the 'domino effect'?
An Americano theory that feared that communism in one nation would spread communism into neighboring nations (especially in SE Asia e.g. from Korea to Japan)
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Who were the Communist leaders of China and the Soviet Union at this time?
Mao ZeDong and Joseph Stalin
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Who were the 2 American Presidents during the Korean war?
1. Harry Turman
2. Dwight Eisenhower
2. Dwight Eisenhower
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Why did Truman get involved in the Korean War?
America wanted not just to contain communism - they also wanted to prevent the domino effect. Truman was worried that if Korea fell, the next country to fall would be Japan, which was very important for American trade.
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How did the Korean War begin?
North Korea invaded the South in June 1950
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When was the Cuban Revolution?
1959
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1. Who was leader of Cuba before the Revolution?
2. Who was leader after the revoltuion?
2. Who was leader after the revoltuion?
1. Batista
2. Castro
2. Castro
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Why was Cuba significant to the US?
- Cuba was a trading partner
- A popular US holiday destination
- US had a naval base there
- The US did not want a Communist country on their door-step
- A popular US holiday destination
- US had a naval base there
- The US did not want a Communist country on their door-step
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Why did the Soviet Union place missiles in Cuba?
- Reduce the advantage held by the US who had missiles in Turkey
- To act as a deterrent
- To send a message of strength
- To 'close the gap'
- To have missiles on the doorstep of the USA
- To act as a deterrent
- To send a message of strength
- To 'close the gap'
- To have missiles on the doorstep of the USA
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Who was US president during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
J.F Kennedy
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Who was leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev
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How was the Cuban Missile Crisis avoided?
Khrushchev agrees to remove the missiles, the US agrees not to invade Cuba and to remove its missiles from Turkey within 6 months. A hotline telephone link between the White House and the Kremlin was created.
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Who were the Vietcong?
The communist guerrilla force of North Vietnam
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What was Vietnamisation?
Support given by the US to strengthen the South Vietnamese army to allow a gradual withdraw of US troops.
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What strategies did the Vietcong use against US forces?
Guerrilla warfare.
- No uniform, making it hard to identify them
- Surprise ambushes
- Booby traps using trip wires and mines
- Tunnel system to avoid the enemy
- No uniform, making it hard to identify them
- Surprise ambushes
- Booby traps using trip wires and mines
- Tunnel system to avoid the enemy
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What strategies did US forces use against the Vietcong?
- Operation rolling Thunder
- Use of chemical weapons (agent orange)
- Search and Destroy
- Use of chemical weapons (agent orange)
- Search and Destroy
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What was the My Lai massacre of 1968?
Nearly 400 civilians were killed by US troops
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Why did the US withdraw from Vietnam?
- Low morale
- Tet offensive
- MyLai
- Press & media exposure
- Protests against the war at home
- Human and economic cost
- Tet offensive
- MyLai
- Press & media exposure
- Protests against the war at home
- Human and economic cost
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Who was the Communist leader of the North Vietnamese?
Ho Chi Minh
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When and where was the Prague Spring?
1968
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
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When was the Hungarian Revolt?
1956
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Who was the leader of the Hungarian Revolt in 1956 and what happened to him?
Imre Nagy
Executed by the Soviets
Executed by the Soviets
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Who was the leader of the Prague Spring of 1968?
Alexander Dubcek
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What proposals did Dubcek put forward during the Prague Spring of 1968?
- Abolition of censorship
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of movement for all people
- Freedom of speech
- Freedom of movement for all people
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What proposals did Nagy put forward during the Hungarian revolt of 1956?
- Free elections
- Law courts would be impartial
- farmland would be returned to private ownership
- Reduction of Soviet influence on daily way of life in Hungary
- TO WITHDRAW FROM THE WARSAW PACT
- Law courts would be impartial
- farmland would be returned to private ownership
- Reduction of Soviet influence on daily way of life in Hungary
- TO WITHDRAW FROM THE WARSAW PACT
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When was the Berlin Wall built?
1961
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Who 'revolution' was more radical? Hungary 1956 or Czechoslovakia 1968?
Hungary 1956
They wanted to leave the Warsaw Pact
They wanted to leave the Warsaw Pact
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Why were people leaving East Berlin for West Berlin?
- Quality of life (Marshall aid helped the West grow)
- Shops were full or items
- Less censorship
- Better pay
- More liberal government
- Shops were full or items
- Less censorship
- Better pay
- More liberal government
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What were the consequences of the Berlin Wall?
- The flow of people from East to West stopped immediately
- Berlin became the focus of the Cold War
- Thousands of people were separated from their friends and loved ones
- No military action was taken (despite the stand of at Checkpoint Charlie)
- Berlin became the focus of the Cold War
- Thousands of people were separated from their friends and loved ones
- No military action was taken (despite the stand of at Checkpoint Charlie)
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Who was the leader of Solidarity?
Lech Walesa
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Name 5 important demands Solidarity made in Poland in 1980
- More pay
- End to censorship
- Same welfare benefits as communist party workers
- Broadcasting of Catholic Church services
- Election of factory managers
- End to censorship
- Same welfare benefits as communist party workers
- Broadcasting of Catholic Church services
- Election of factory managers
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What were the reasons for Solidarity's success?
- The support of the Catholic Church
- Lech Walesa was a charismatic leader who was able to unify the workers
- More than 1 million members of Solidarity were Communist Party members
- International support
- Solidarity gained around 10 million members
- Lech Walesa was a charismatic leader who was able to unify the workers
- More than 1 million members of Solidarity were Communist Party members
- International support
- Solidarity gained around 10 million members
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Reasons Solidarity was crushed in 1981?
- Solidarity was acting like a political party
- Poland was turning into chaos
- Solidarity was also tumbling into chaos. Lots of different factions emerged
- Poland was turning into chaos
- Solidarity was also tumbling into chaos. Lots of different factions emerged
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Who is credited as ending the Cold War and was awarded a NOBEL peace prize in 1990?
Mikhail Gorbachev
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What was the name of the dividing line between North and South Korea?
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The 38th Parallel
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Which country controlled Korea between 1910 - 1945?
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Card 4
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Who was the leader of North Korea?
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Card 5
Front
Why did the North invade the South in June 1950?
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