Why did the US get involved in the Korean and Vietnam war?

To stop the spread of communism

Who is this guy and what did he do?

Nikita Khruschev, leader of USSR during Cuban Missile Crisis

What caused the Korean war?

North Korean communist invaded Capitalist South Korea

What was the outcome of the Vietnam War

North Vietnam overtook South Vietnam, Vietnam is Communist

What was the outcome of the Korean War?

North and South Korea set up the 38th parallel and dont talk

Who is this guy, and what did he do?

Joseph McCarthy, senator responsible for the red scare

What caused the war in Vietnam

The capitalist government was not popular in the South, Northern communist invaded the capitalist south

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Ordinary people and businesses control theproduction of goods and services
arms race
capitalism
market economy
communism
2
Why did the US get involved in the Korean and Vietnam war?
To stop the spread of communism
To get Korean and Vietnamese resources
To spread communism
To learn kanji
3
An alliance to stop the spread of communism
Warsaw Pact
UN
NATO
Iron Curtain
4
Who is this guy and what did he do?
Nikita Khruschev, leader of USSR during Cuban Missile Crisis
Ronald Reagan, president at end of Cold War
Joseph McCarthy, US senator responsible for Red Scare
Richard Nixon, president at the end of the Vietnam war
5
What caused the Korean war?
The Chinese wanted South Korea to be communist
North Korean communist invaded Capitalist South Korea
South Korean Capitalist invaded North Korea
The North Vietnamese wanted to Unite Korea with communism
6
What was the outcome of the Vietnam War
North Vietnam and South Vietnam divided and don't speak
South Vietnam invaded Korea and made them Capitalist
North Korea invaded Vietnam and made them Communist
North Vietnam overtook South Vietnam, Vietnam is Communist
7
A competition between nations to build morepowerful weapons
communism
arms race
capitalism
market economy
8
The US and its allies, created a plan for a new organization to keep the world peace
United Nations
Iron Curtain
NATO
Warsaw Pact
9
When individuals and businesses make most economic decisions
communism
arms race
market economy
capitalism
10
What was the outcome of the Korean War?
North and South Korea set up the 38th parallel and dont talk
North Korea became capitalist
North and South Korea became Korea and are communist
Vietnam took over Korea and made North and South Vietnam
11
Who is this guy, and what did he do?
Nikita Khruschev, leader of USSR during Cuban Missile Crisis
Joseph McCarthy, senator responsible for the red scare
Richard Nixon, president at the end of the Cold War
Russian Spy Yuri Gorgan
12
What caused the war in Vietnam
The capitalist government was not popular in the South
The Chinese helped Vietnam become capitalist.
Northern communist invaded the capitalist south
The Koreans invaded Vietnam
13
A divide between the communist and capitalistcountries in Europe
UN
Iron Curtain
Warsaw Pact
NATO
14
What did not happen during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
The US felt threatened by Soviet nuclear presence in Cuba
Better communication came after the crisis
The Soviets bombed the US
US set up a blockade against USSR ships from entering Cuba
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The government controls production and owns the nation’snatural and capital resources
communism
capitalism
market economy
arms race

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