CW #21: Vietnam 1. Truman Doctrine

2. Marshall Plan

3. Containment

4. Berlin Airlift

5. Hydrogen Bomb

6. Eastern Europe

7. China

Quiz = Tuesday Test = WED CST = May 15th

A.Nuclear Weapon

B.Communist / Mao

C.US flies in supplies

D.Becomes communist b/c of Russian takeover

E. $$ to fight commies in Turkey & Greece

F. $$ rebuild Europe

G.Stop commies from spreading

Objectives:

1. How does the Vietnam war get

started?2. Why does the US join in this fight?

3. Explain the domino theory.

4. How does this war end?

Vietnam• Colonized by the French

• Ho Chi Minh – joins communists to fight agst French

• After WW2, begin to use guerilla (hit-n-run) tactics to fight French

• 1954: French surrender

Uh-oh communism is spreading again, what should the US do?

• Domino Theory: if 1 country falls to communism, the neighboring countries will too So,

should the US

get involve

d?

Solution? • Divide V. in ½ :

– North = commie– South = free

**sound familiar?

• Conflict begins– Vietcong: Commie

guerilla warriors (popular)

– South led by Ngo Dinh Diem (unpopular)

US Response: • Help assassinate Diem &

replace him w/another unpopular ruler --- looked like the S would fall to communism

• US escalates (increases) its involvement:– Sends advisors & supplies– By 1964: send US troops

CW #22 Vietnam WAR!

• Quiz at end of period• TEST & #14-23 due tomorrow

Vietcong

Vietnam War (1964 – 1973)• US should win: biggest, most advanced

army in world! BUT….

1.Guerilla Warfare – hard to fight against

2.Foreign geography –

3.S= unpopular & war is unpopular in US

Vietcong Tunnels

Ending…• Vietnamization: slow withdrawal of US

troops starts in 1969 & gone by 1973– Ceasefire – but US does not win

• 1975: North overtakes South & reunites the country into a communist Vietnam

So, 1. Who won this war? 2. Should the US have gotten involved in

Vietnam?#18 – Video1. What is like to travel to North Korea? (Skip 7-8

lines)2. What is life like for NK? List 6-8 things you see

in the video 3. How do ppl treat the “Dear Leader”? 4. How does the “Dear Leader” ensure that ppl

do what he wants?

CST Prep • CST Prep questions

• May 15th !

• Word of the Day:– Causalities: persons lost through death or

injury (definition)•Sentence: During World War II, the

Soviet Union experienced the highest number of casualties.