The Cold war 2
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- This man was president during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- John Kennedy
- This man became the communist leader of China after WWII.
- Nikita Khrushchev
- This man was the leader of the soviet Union during the Cuban missile crisis.
- Nikita Khrushchev
- This man was president of the united States during the Korean War.
- Harry Truman
- This man was president when the United states pulled out of Vietnam.
- Richard Nixon
- This man was forced to leave China and flee to Taiwan when the communist party gained control.
- Chiang Kia-shek
- This man was the general of the U.N. troops in Korea until he was fired.
- Douglas MacArthur
- This president believed in the "domino theory".
- Dwight Eisenhower
- This president committed the most troops to Vietnam.
- Lyndon Johnson
- He was the communist leader in North Vietnam.
- Ho Chi Minh
- He would be the leader in South Vietnam assassinated by his own men.
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- This president sent aid to the Contras to help defeat the Sandinistas.
- Ronald Regan
- Which president sent 16,000 military advisors into vietnam?
- Lyndon Johnson
- The belief that if one country falls to communism the ones around it will fall too is called what?
- The Domino Theory
- What was the supply line from North Vietnam to South Vietnam called.
- The Ho Chi minh Trail.
- What was the name of the incident when the North Vietnamese took conrol of South Vietnamese cities that changed public opinion about the war in Vietnam?
- The Tet Offensive
- At what parallel did the Geneva Accords divide Vietnam?
- 17th Parallel
- What Asian country sent troops into North Korea to help them defeat the South Korean and UN troops?
- Japan
- What was the name given to the rebel communist fighters in South Vietnam?
- Vietminh
- What was Richard Nixon's policy for removing U.S. troops from Vietnam called?
- Vietnamization