Cold War part 2 study guide

Test Thursday

1. When did Soviets get nuclear weapon?
2. Where was Korea divided?
3. Who divided Korea?
4. What political/economic system governed the north?
5. North or South; who invaded whom?
6. What was the response of the US and its allies?
7. Why did the Soviets not veto the measure?
8. What role did MacArthur play in Korea?
9. How did the Chinese get involved in Korea?
10. When fighting stopped what was the result?
11. When did Castro gain control of Cuba?
12. Who did he turn to for help when US would not support him?
13. What did Castro do to American business and land in Cuba?
14. What was the US economic response o Castro?
15. What was the Bay of Pigs invasion? Did it succeed?
16. When did Soviets put missiles in Cuba?
17. What was the US action?
18. How many days did the Cuban missile Crisis last?
19. Who were the leaders of the US and USSR during the Cuban missile crisis?
20. Who controlled Vietnam before WW2?
21. Who controlled Vietnam during WW2?
22. Who was the person who helped form Vietminh to gain independence?
23. In 1954 Vietnam was divided, how was it divided?
24. Who was the leader of the South?
25. What do we know about this leader of the south?
26. What happened to him?
27. What happened at the Gulf of Tonkin?
28. Who was the president that sent up to 185,000 soldiers to Vietnam?
29. By 1968 how many soldiers were there?
30. How many died on each side?
31. What was the name of the guerrillas the US was fighting in Vietnam?
32. Who aided them?
33. How did we fight them?
34. What was the Ho Chi Minh trail?
35. In 1973 American troops were pulled out , what happened?