Transcript 3-22-10 - Chico Unified School District

3-23-10
“This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for
freedom on every front of human activity.”
-Lyndon B. Johnson
1. How was Korea divided when WWII
ended?
• Japan surrendered it to both the SU
and the US. North of the 38th Parallel
was Communist and industrial, South
was non-communist and rural.
2. How did the Soviets aide N. Korea?
• They gave tanks, airplanes, and money
in an attempt to take over the
peninsula.
3. Why did Truman resolve to help S.
Korea?
• To resist Communist influence.
4. Why were the Soviets absent from the UN
vote?
• They had boycotted the council to protest
the seating of Nationalist China (Taiwan)
rather than mainland china (Peoples
Republic) in the UN.
5. What is the line that separates North and
South Korea?
• The 38th parallel
6. What was MacArthur’s suggestion for
China? How did Truman disagree?
• He called for a nuclear attack against the
Chinese. Truman wanted to prevent a world
war not start a new one.
7. What is the capital of S. Korea?
• Seoul
8. What has been the outcome of the war in N.
Korea?
• It remained Communist, Collective Farms, Heavy
Industry and weapons were built. It has serious
economic problems and struggles with shortages
in energy and food.
9. What has been the outcome of the war in S.
Korea?
• It prospered. Developed industry and boosted
trade, has one of the highest economic growth
rates in the world.
10. How are North and South Korea different?
• N. Korea remains communist and opposes
reunification. S. Korea is friendly and has aided N.
Korea.
11. What was the main reason the US
aided Vietnam?
• To halt the spread of Communism.
12. What country controlled much of SE
Asia in the early 1900’s?
• France
13. Who was the young nationalist leader
in Vietnam?
• Ho Chi Minh
14. Who did he turn to for support?
• The communists
15. How did Vietnam change during
WWII?
• It was taken over by the Japanese, the
Vietminh league was formed to push
for independence.
16. Where did the Vietminh have strong
support?
• In the countryside
17. How did the domino theory justify US
involvement in SE Asia?
• If Vietnam fell to Communism the rest of SE
Asia was vulnerable to fall.
18. Describe Vietnam as a divided country:
• US backed South Vietnam was controlled by
Ngo Dinh Diem, an unpopular dictator,
Communist North Vietnam was led by
popular Ho Chi Minh, who pushed for land
redistribution.
19. Who were the Vietcong?
• Communist guerillas who opposed the
corrupt government of Diem.
20. Why did the US get involved in Vietnam?
• To try to stop the spread of Communism.
21. What was the action that caused President
Johnson to send troops into Vietnam?
• The North Vietnamese had attacked two
American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
22. What were the two main difficulties faced
by the Americans?
• Fighting a guerilla war in unfamiliar jungle
terrain, the South Vietnamese government
they were defending was becoming steadily
more unpopular.
23. How did the Americans tactics strengthen
the opposition?
• They bombed millions of acres of farmland
and forest in attempt to destroy enemy
hideouts. This strengthened the peasants’
opposition to the South Vietnamese gov.
24. How did Nixon plan to end the war?
• Vietnamization, pull out US troops and
replace them with South Vietnamese troops.
25. What was the main result of the war?
• North Vietnam overran South Vietnam.
Communism spread. Over 1.5 million
Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans were
killed.
26. Summarize the events in Cambodia:
• The Khmer Rouge, under Pol Pot, set up a
brutal Communist government. 2 million
Cambodians killed by the regime,
Vietnamese invasion in 1978 overthrew the
Khmer Rouge, stay in power until 1989, in
1993 Cambodia adopts democratic
constitution and hold free elections
27. What happened to refugees from Vietnam?
• Many died trying to escape to freedom, most
lived in refugee camps scattered across SE
Asia, 70,000 eventually settled in the US and
Canada.
28. How have relations between Vietnam and
the US changed in the past 20 years?
• The US has lifted its trade embargo with
Vietnam and now is investing in the country.
1. About how many Americans
died in the Vietnam War?
a.
b.
c.
d.
5,800
58,000
580,000
5,800,000
2. Which battle of the Vietnam War marked
the turning point of the war -- the point at
which the U.S. began to pull out?
a. the Tet Offensive
b. the attack in the Gulf of Tonkin
c. the battle for the Ia Drang Valley
d. the 1972 Christmas bombing of Hanoi
3. Which of President Johnson's advisors at first supported
an escalation of the war, but later changed his mind?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Dean Rusk
George Ball
McGeorge Bundy
Robert McNamara
4. What did the Tonkin Resolution
allow President Johnson to do?
a. end the Vietnam War
b. prevent enemy warships from passing
through the Tonkin Gulf
c. use military force against the Vietnamese
without declaring war
d. use any force against the South
Vietnamese that he found necessary
5. How many of the battles in
Vietnam did the U.S. Army win?
a.
b.
c.
d.
all of them
none of them
almost all of them
almost none of them
6. On March 31, 1968, with what news
did President Johnson stun the nation?
a. He was ending the war in Vietnam.
b. He was tripling the U.S. forces in
Vietnam.
c. He would not run for a second term as
President.
d. He was withdrawing all U.S. troops from
Vietnam.
• Korean War Memorial