May 2, 2012
Aim: What are some helpful tips so I cansuccessfully study for my test?
Do Now: List three similarities and threedifferences between the Korean War theVietnam War.
Homework: Study for tomorrow’s multiplechoice test.
•Thursday May 3 – multiple choice test andsigned project assignment sheet
–You may not select a topic until your sheet issigned.
•Friday May 4 – Report to the 3rd Floorcomputer lab with your assignment sheet
•Monday May 7 – Essay
•Friday May 11 – Project due
Define:containment
Prevent the spreadof communism
In the Korean War,who invaded firstthe North or theSouth?
The North
Who commandedthe United Nationsforces during theKorean War?
DouglasMacArthur
True or False:
A major U.S. goalduring the Korean Warwas to remove theNorth Koreans fromSouth Korea.
True
Who fired DouglasMacArthur?
President Truman
Why did Trumanfire MacArthur?
MacArthur spokeout publicly againstTruman. (Trumandid not want toattack China.)
Define: dominotheory
If one country fallsto communism, theneighboringcountries will alsofall
Explain: SpaceRace
The Race to havethe best spacetechnology and bethe first to explore
Sputnik I waslaunched by whichnation
Soviet Union
What documentgave PresidentJohnson controlover militaryactions?
Gulf of TonkinResolution
Who was the leaderof Cuba during the1960s?
Fidel Castro
What happened atthe Bay of Pigsinvasion?
CIA agents tried tohelp overthrow thecommunistgovernment
Explain: CubanMissile Crisis
Russia placedmissiles in Cuba.U.S. used successfulblockade againstSoviet Union
17th Parallel
Vietnam
38th Parallel
Korea
Ho Chi Minh wasin charge of whatcountry?
North Vietnam
Why didKhrushchev buildthe Berlin Wall?
Because the U.S. hadnot removed troopsfrom West Berlin andwould not support EastGermany as a country
Explain theimpact of TV onthe Vietnam War.
Let the peopleat home seewhat wasgoing on andled to protests.