Cold War Origins Korean War Vietnam War People

Cold War Origins Korean War Vietnam War People of the Cold War Mix Bag 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500

After World War II, the Soviets occupied this side of Germany and Berlin.

Answer: East Germany and East Berlin

During the Berlin Crisis, the Soviets blocked off all incoming traffic to and from East Berlin. The Allies responded with the

Answer: Berlin Airlift

The imaginary line that divided Western Europe from Soviet Eastern Europe

Answer: The Iron Curtain

Stalin promised to hold free elections in Eastern Europe at this meeting of the Allies

Answer: The Yalta Conference

Name of the plan adopted by the United States to rebuild Europe by lending money to war torn countries in hopes of stopping the influence of Communism

Answer: The Marshall Plan

During World War II, Korea was occupied by

Answer: Japan

Belief that if one small country falls to Communism, others will soon follow

Answer: Domino Theory

Demilitarized Zone, split Korea in half after the war

Answer: th 38 Parallel

Joined North Korea and helped push UN forces back beyond the 38 th Parallel

Answer: China

Amphibious Landing by UN forces that led to a strategic reversal in favor of UN forces

Answer: Inchon

Commander of American forces in Vietnam

Answer: William Westmoreland

Communist Guerilla forces in Southern Vietnam

Answer: VC/Vietcong

Used by North Vietnam to supply the Vietcong through Laos and Cambodia

Answer: Ho Chi Minh Trail

Major offensive push by North Vietnam forces targeting U. S. bases and hundreds of towns and cities in South Vietnam

Answer: Tet Offensive

Conference held to decide the fate of Vietnam after the French were defeated at the hands of the Vietnminh

Answer: Geneva Conference

Set up a Communist government in Cuba

Answer: Fidel Castro

Premiere of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev

Started the Space Race by declaring that the United States would be the first nation to put a man on the moon

Answer: John F. Kennedy

Leader of North Korea during the Korean War

Answer: Kim Il Sung

U. S. backed leader of South Vietnam

Answer: Ngo Dinh Diem

Failed invasion of Cuba by U. S. trained and supplied Cuban exiles

Answer: Bay of Pigs Invasion

Split Vietnam into two separate countries as stated by the Geneva Conference

Answer: th 17 Parallel

Fired General Mac. Arthur after he supported the U. S. invasion and bombing of China during the Korean War

Answer: President Harry Truman

Gave President Johnson the power to take “all necessary actions” in Vietnam

Answer: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Documents that detailed the U. S. government fed the public false information about the Vietnam War

Answer: Pentagon Papers