this is Asia find Japan find USSR find

this is Asia – find Japan, find USSR, find China, find Korea USSR Korea China Japan

38 th Parallel

warm up 4/21/15 • Look at the map on p. 836 • write the answers to the 2 questions somewhere on your Korean map note sheet

• Canvas due Weds • Vocabulary quiz Weds

China – communist troops sent to N. Korea to push UN forces back War started in 1950 when communist N. Korea invaded S. Korea 38 th Parallel Gen. Mac. Arthur led UN troops to push the N. Koreans back. Pacific Ocean Mac. Arthur openly criticized Truman for not allowing him to be more aggressive towards the Chinese, Truman fired him Pres. Truman asked the UN to support S. Korea 6 Police Action ended with an armistice signed July 1953

packet of Korea work • 1 st do the sheet requiring the class set of documents: choose 1, read it answer questions in the packet then get a 2 nd one. • The rest is chapter review work • work is due Thur 4/23/15. Tues or Weds is early and extra credit.

Warm up 4/22/15 Did the US accomplish its goal in Korea? YES How do you know? S. Korea is not communist today. Communism was contained in the North § Take out yesterday’s notes. § Circle the year the Korean Conflict started. § Circle the name of the US president who sent troops to Korea

1. Vocab quiz 2. see map & chart pages 830831, p. 846 -847, p. 852, p. 863 3. Domestic policy notes during the Cold War (next to Foreign policy T-chart notes) 4. 1950’s notes & pictures on the back of the T-chart.

Vocabulary quiz 1. List the 2 superpowers following WWII. 2. Define/explain what the Cold War was. 3. Churchill said that an “_____” has fallen across Europe. 4. The Marshall Plan was when the US sent _______ to many countries in Europe. 5. The Policy of _______ meant that the US wanted to prevent the spread of communism.

America during the Cold War Foreign Policy Domestic Policy Berlin Blockade: *Govt $$ for space programs & Professionals were technological developments leaving East Berlin ** arms race & space race Stalin blocked all land access *GI Bill – help for returning to West Berlin to show his veterans disapproval of western - $ for college or get job influence in Berlin training Berlin Airlift showed - loans for homes, farms or American determination to businesses stand up to him. *Mc. Carthyism – unwarranted Marshall Plan - $$ to any accusations of being country willing to not be unpatriotic or communist

Life in the US post-WWII 1. Vets got help from the government to go to college, get home loans, job training, etc… 2. Women lost jobs & went back into the home 3. BABY BOOM! 4. Factories produced more consumer goods instead of wartime materials 5. Economy boomed Next to each event, draw a picture to represent how life was different than during the war.

warm up 4/23/15 • read the quote and paragraph underneath it on p. 950 and answer the reading check question

What do the Korean conflict & Vietnam War have in common? • Why did the US send troops to Korea? • To show that America would even defend small nations from the spread of communism • Why did the US get involved in Vietnam? • To stop the spread of communism • Ho Chi Minh was the very popular communist leader of Vietnam & the US feared he would win the election

Vietnam beginnings • Which US president 1 st sent military help to Vietnam? • President Truman • Gulf of Tonkin • When did the Resolution passed by US send Congress troops? • not a declaration of war • US military claimed that when the N. Vietnamese fired on our naval carrier that it was an act of war • Actual events still in question

Outcomes of the Vietnam War • US govt reported that the • Why was the end was near Tet Offensive • psychological victory for important? N. Vietnam What is TET? • N. Vietnam attacked US Vietnamese New Year Embassy • American opposition to the war • War Powers Act passed • What was the by Congress to limit the outcome of power of the President the Vietnam during war time War? • 26 th Amendment-18 yr. When did the war olds get the right to vote officially end? • Communism spread to April 30, 1975 the entire country • American people lost faith in the US govt How are the Korean & Vietnam conflicts similar?

• • • *Truman 1945 -1953 Eisenhower 1953 -1961 **Kennedy 1961 -1963 Johnson 1963 -1969 **Nixon 1969 -1974 **Ford 1974 -1975

HO CHI MINH – leader of the communists in N. Vietnam - split in 1954 by US & USSR agreement to contain communism in the north Gulf of Tonkin Resolution – signed after US ship was fired on - 1964 Ho Chi Minh Trail - used by North Vietnam to supply the communists in South Vietnam In 1963, the US had 16, 000 military personnel in Vietnam 1969 – 543, 000 troops 1973 – US agreed to a cease-fire & withdraw all troops. War was over for the US 1975 – N. Vietnam took S. Vietnam, all communist now

US sent all of these notes $$ in go on the Vietnam map Gulf of Tonkin Resolution – 1950 to side of the pink Korea signed after US help ship was fired map South on - 1964 Vietnam fight the Ho Chi Minh Trail commun - used by North ists Vietnam to supply the communists in South Vietnam In 1963, Tet Offensive -huge surprise attack on cities & US military bases by N. Vietnam -made Americans question the war the US had 16, 000 military personnel in Vietnam 1969 – 543, 000 troops 1973 – US agreed to a cease-fire & to withdraw all troops War was over for the US 1975 – N. Vietnam took S. Vietnam, it is all communis

ESSAY INFO • 3 paragraphs: intro, body, conclusion • Due Friday at the end of class • “The Cold War caused a lot of tension between the US and the communist USSR. ” The US was worried about the spread of communism. Prove this statement is true by writing about 3 different events or government policies that occurred during the Cold War.