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1 Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cuban Missile Crisis
Cold War Conflicts Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cuban Missile Crisis

2 Agenda 3/26/14 Warm-up and collect homework Review from last class
Notes on Cold War Conflicts Map on Southeast Asia Matching Game on Vietnam and Korea Homework- Conflict packet and quiz on Cold War

3 Korean War - Background
Korea was a Japanese colony After World War II, U.S. and Soviet Union divided Korea into two sections (38th parallel) a. North Korea (Soviet Union) b. South Korea (U.S.)

4 Korean War

5 Korean War – Cause 1950  North Korea invaded South Korea in order to unite Korea

6 Korean War – Key Events 1950  U.S. and United Nations forces pushed North Korean forces back behind the 38th parallel 1951  Chinese and North Korean forces pushed United Nations forces back behind the 38th parallel and into South Korea

7 Korean War - Result 1953  Korean War ended (38th parallel divides North Korea from South Korea)

8 Korean War – Key Terms United Nations (peacekeeping organization)  Korean War represented first UN action

9 Cuban Missile Crisis – Background
1959  Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba Cuba became a communist state 1961  Bay of Pigs a. U.S. (President Kennedy) supported a plan by anti-Castro exiles (people forced to leave Cuba when Castro came to power) to invade Cuba and lead an "uprising" against Castro b. Failed 1962  U.S. imposed a trade embargo on Cuba

10 Cuban Missile Crisis - Cause
Castro asked the Soviet Union for help Soviet Union built nuclear missile bases in Cuba

11 Cuban Missile Crisis October 1962 President Kennedy demanded the immediate removal of nuclear missiles U.S. created a naval blockade of Cuba. Period of tension between Soviet Union and United States

12 Cuban Missile Crisis - Results
Soviet Union removed nuclear missiles U.S. promised not to invade Cuba

13 Vietnam War - Background
Vietnam was a French colony (French Indochina) Vietnamese forced the French to leave Ho Chi Minh (communist leader) dominated North Vietnam Geneva Conference (1954)  temporary division of Vietnam a. North  communist b. South  non-communist

14 Vietnam War - Causes Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite Vietnam under Northern rule (communist rule) Ho Chi Minh encouraged communist rebels to overthrow South Vietnamese government

15 Vietnam War - Events Increased American involvement
a. President Eisenhower  sent military advisors and supplies to South Vietnam b. President Kennedy  more military advisors and weapons to South Vietnam c. President Johnson  sent American troops to fight the North Vietnamese d. President Nixon  cease-fire and the withdrawal of American troops beginning in 1973

16 Vietnam War – Key Terms Dove  Someone opposed to American involvement in the war Hawk  a person who supported American involvement in the war

17 Vietnam War - Results U.S. troops left Vietnam
Unification of Vietnam (communist country)

18 Vietnam War – Key Terms Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)  Congress authorized President Johnson to increase American involvement in Vietnam Vietnamization  Nixon's administrations policy of building up South Vietnamese forces while gradually withdrawing American troops Domino Theory  If Vietnam became a communist country, the countries adjacent to (surrounding) Vietnam would also become communist countries

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