Crash Course #38 Cold War in Asia

Question 1

Most Americans consider Vietnam to be which president's war?

Accepted Answer

Lyndon Johnson

Question 2

American troops sent to Vietnam were known as what?

Accepted Answer

advisors

Question 3

Which action initiated the United State's involvement in Korea?

Accepted Answer

Kim Il Sung's invasion of the South

Question 4

Truman referred to military action in Korea as what?

Accepted Answer

police action

Question 5

What year did China become communist?

Accepted Answer

1949

Question 6

Why were peace negotiations between the United States and Korea unsuccessful?

Accepted Answer

repatriation of communist prisoners

Question 7

In addition to the 33,629 Americans killed, how many were wounded during the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

102,000

Question 8

True or False, The US dropped more bombs in the Pacific during WWII than on Korea.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Who lost the election of 1952?

Accepted Answer

Adlai Stevenson

Question 10

The fear of the spread of communism was summarized by what American theory?

Accepted Answer

Domino Theory

Question 11

Which historian said, "Preventing Communism...remained the guiding star of American policy."

Accepted Answer

James Patterson

Question 12

In 1968, approximately how many American troops were in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

500,000

Question 13

The failed Geneva Accords served primarily to do what?

Accepted Answer

set up elections in Vietnam

Question 14

How many years of US negotiation did it take to end American involvement in Vietnam?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 15

What was the name of the American operation in Vietnam that began in the spring of 1965?

Accepted Answer

Rolling Thunder

Question 16

How many American lives were lost as a result of the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

58,000

Question 17

What is another name for the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

Forgotten War

Question 18

What brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms?

Accepted Answer

television

Question 19

How many Americans were killed in the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

33,629

Question 20

True or False, Johnson increased his credibility with the public by disclosing military actions

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

By the end of WWII, who was the leader of Korea?

Accepted Answer

A and C

Question 22

What was the intention of the War Powers Act of 1973?

Accepted Answer

to limit the president's ability to send troops overseas

Question 23

How many Koreans and Chinese were killed, wounded, or went missing during the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

4 million

Question 24

American troops sent to Vietnam in the 1960's were to advise which group?

Accepted Answer

A and B

Question 25

True or False, Harry Truman went to war without a declaration?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Which president had the idea of "Vietnamization," or gradually withdrawing American troops.

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon

Question 27

Henry Kissinger served what position under President Nixon?

Accepted Answer

Secretary of State

Question 28

What was Ngo Dinh Diem not known for?

Accepted Answer

supporting communism

Question 29

Truman believed that Kim's invasion was a challenge to the ________ world.

Accepted Answer

free

Question 30

Which war was the first "shooting" war the Americans got involved in after WWII?

Accepted Answer

Korean War

Question 31

Fighting after WWII between North and South Korea cost approximately how many lives?

Accepted Answer

100 thousand

Question 32

Which group was the "worst communism had to offer," massacring one third of Cambodia?

Accepted Answer

Khmer Rouge

Question 33

At what parallel was and is Korea divided?

Accepted Answer

38th

Question 34

Excluding lives, how much did the Vietnam War cost Americans?

Accepted Answer

100,000,000,000

Question 35

The majority of Korean casualties were what?

Accepted Answer

civilians

Question 36

How many years did the Korean War last?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 37

True or False Eisenhower sent troops and atomic weapons to France to maintain a colonial empire

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

How did the New York Times contribute to anti-war sentiment in the United States?

Accepted Answer

by publishing the Pentagon Papers

Question 39

As a response to televised news about the Vietnam War, what did Americans do?

Accepted Answer

protest

Question 40

As opposed to WWII, the United States pursued what kind of policy in Korea?

Accepted Answer

scorched earth

Crash Course #38 Cold War in Asia

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Crash Course #38 Cold War in Asia

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