Unit: The Cold War Topic: Korea and Vietnam

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Unit The Cold WarTopic Korea and Vietnam
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REMINDER!

• Cold War DBQ Essay is due on Wednesday, March 9!
• Cold War Multiple Choice Test will be on
  Wednesday, March 9! 50 questions, bring a pencil!

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1. The Korean War (1950-1953)
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1. After World War II, Korea was divided into
   Communist North Korea and non-Communist South
   Korea.

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1. North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950 to make
   one communist country.

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1. Under General Douglas MacArthur, UN forces came
   very close to starting WWIII by invading China
   MacArthur thought it necessary, but President
   Truman disagreed and fired him.

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• China was a Communist country, and the fear was
  that the Soviet Union would become involved.

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1. The war soon reached a stalemate nobody was
   losing, but nobody was winning, either.

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1. An armistice was signed in 1953 today, Korea
   remains divided at the 38th Parallel.

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The Korean War
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2. The Vietnam War (1964-1975)
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1. In 1954, Vietnam was divided into Communist North
   Vietnam and non-Communist South Vietnam.
2. Ho Chi Minh controlled the North, and Ngo Dinh
   Diem controlled the South.

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1. Ho Chi Minh started sending forces into South
   Vietnam using parts of neutral Cambodia for the
   Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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1. American forces joined South Vietnam (1964-1975),
   but were unable to defeat the Communists.

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• The Tet Offensive started on January 31, 1968.
  More than 80,000 Communist troops struck more
  than 100 towns and cities, including Saigon,
  almost simultaneously.

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• In 1973, Nixon ordered a cease-fire and began to
  pull U.S. troops out of Vietnam.

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• Nixon established Vietnamization, or the South
  Vietnamese takeover of the war.

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• He also ordered a massive bombing campaign of
  neutral Cambodia to destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

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1. The country fell to Communism in 1975 today
   there is only one Communist Vietnam.

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The End of the War