 Korea was divided at the 38 th parallel after WWII  North Korea was occupied by Soviet Union  America occupied South Korea  Division was supposed to be temporary, but ended up staying divided

North Korea = Communist  Led by dictator Kim Il Sung  Supported by China and Soviet Union Mao Zedong Joseph Stalin

South Korea = republic  Led by president Syngman Rhee Supported by US and the UN TrumanEisenhower United Nations

Chinese Communist Revolution Korean War 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam War

 North Korea invaded South Korea and captured the capital, Seoul in 1950  General MacArthur led the UN troops against North Korea  They kept fighting back and forth along the 38 th parallel for 3 years

NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA

 Neither side won  Signed an armistice (cease fire)  Country still remains divided into North and South Korea, on the 38 th parallel  Even though South Korea was a republic, it was not democratic – it was ran by dictators until 1998  1998 it became a democracy

 After WWII, tried to regain control over Vietnam  Communists in N. Vietnam led by Ho Chi Minh fought back against France  France occupied S. Vietnam  France failed to reunite Vietnam, and left the country in 1954  Vietnam remained split in half  North Vietnam = Communists Led by Ho Chi Minh Supported by Soviet Union and China  South Vietnam = anti-Communist Led by Ngo Dinh Diem Supported by the USA

VIETNAM

Chinese Communist Revolution Korean War 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam War

 Both sides agreed to hold elections to reunite Vietnam as one country  Elections were never held, country remained divided  United States sent aid to S. Vietnam to help prevent takeover by the North  Viewed conflict in terms of the Domino Theory – idea if one country falls to communism, the rest will follow  US became involved in the war to contain communism  1964 – President Johnson sent troops to Vietnam – we were officially at war

 War ended in 1973 under Nixon  Stalemate for much of the war  US withdrew their troops from Vietnam  Two years later communists had defeated S. Vietnam  Vietnam was reunited as a communist country  1975 – both Laos and Cambodia were also communist Did the USA achieve their goal of containing communism?