1. Explain the entire Korean War in ONE sentence.
2.Explain the entire Cuban Missile Crisis in ONE sentence.

2. Do Now: on separate piece of lined paper
In what year did we have about 490,000 troops in Vietnam?
About how many more troops were there in Vietnam in 1970 vs. 1965?
What is the overall trend for troops in the war?
Why do you think this is the trend?

3. The Vietnam War :

4. North Vietnam was communist
South Vietnam was democratic

5. Domino Theory- Cold war belief that if one country in Southeast Asia fell to communism, then the other countries of Southeast Asia would also fall to communism.

6. Containment – the policy of the United States during the Cold War to stop the spread of communism.

7. The United States got involved in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism into South Vietnam and the rest of Southeast Asia (Domino Theory).

8. Americans were divided over whether the United States should be involved militarily in Vietnam.

9. The “Hawks” supported the war and “Doves” wanted peace.

10. The conflict ended in a cease-fire agreement in which U. S
The conflict ended in a cease-fire agreement in which U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam. South Vietnam became a communist country.