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Ch. 10 L. 2 Notes
Ch. 10 L. 2 Notes
5.5.4 Explain the course of the Cold War, including differing economic and
political philosophies of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and
the United States, the spread of Communism, McCarthyism, the Korean
Conflict, the Berlin Wall, the space race, the Cuban missile crisis, and the
Vietnam War.
5.5.4 Explain the course of the Cold War, including differing economic and
political philosophies of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and
the United States, the spread of Communism, McCarthyism, the Korean
Conflict, the Berlin Wall, the space race, the Cuban missile crisis, and the
Vietnam War.
1. What was the Space Race?
1. What was the Space Race?
In the late 1950s, the Soviet Union launched _____________, an unmanned
satellite. This began a ________ ________ between the US and the USSR as
each country tried to be the first to explore space. This had a positive effect
on the US as we worked to make our ________________________ system
excellent, industries worked together, and _________________ technology
developed. President Kennedy made it a national goal to put a man on the
moon by the end of the 1960s. The USSR was the first to put a man into
outer space, the US put the first man on the moon (_______ __________).
In the late 1950s, the Soviet Union launched _____________, an unmanned
satellite. This began a ________ ________ between the US and the USSR as
each country tried to be the first to explore space. This had a positive effect
on the US as we worked to make our ________________________ system
excellent, industries worked together, and _________________ technology
developed. President Kennedy made it a national goal to put a man on the
moon by the end of the 1960s. The USSR was the first to put a man into
outer space, the US put the first man on the moon (_______ __________).
2. What was the Vietnam War, and how does it compare with the Korean
Conflict?
2. What was the Vietnam War, and how does it compare with the Korean
Conflict?
The Vietnam War was a war in which the US supported ________ Vietnam
against North Vietnam. The US had a hard time fighting in the __________like environment. The public didn’t support the war due to all the
____________________ coverage.
The Vietnam War was a war in which the US supported ________ Vietnam
against North Vietnam. The US had a hard time fighting in the __________like environment. The public didn’t support the war due to all the
____________________ coverage.
Similarities of Vietnam War and Korean Conflict:
1. In both, the US was involved because of the __________________ policy.
2. In both, the Soviet Union supported the North and the US supported the
South
Differences between Vietnam War and the Korean Conflict:
1. The Vietnam War started because South Vietnam refused to _________
with North Vietnam as one country. The Korean War started when North
Korea tried to invade South Korea.
2. The Vietnam War ended with the US ________________________ and
South Vietnam surrendering, becoming a ____________ nation. The Korean
War ended in a ______________, with South Korea holding off North Korea.
Similarities of Vietnam War and Korean Conflict:
1. In both, the US was involved because of the __________________ policy.
2. In both, the Soviet Union supported the North and the US supported the
South
Differences between Vietnam War and the Korean Conflict:
1. The Vietnam War started because South Vietnam refused to _________
with North Vietnam as one country. The Korean War started when North
Korea tried to invade South Korea.
2. The Vietnam War ended with the US ________________________ and
South Vietnam surrendering, becoming a ____________ nation. The Korean
War ended in a ______________, with South Korea holding off North Korea.
Ch. 10 L. 2 Notes
5.5.4 Explain the course of the Cold War, including differing economic and
political philosophies of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and
the United States, the spread of Communism, McCarthyism, the Korean
Conflict, the Berlin Wall, the space race, the Cuban missile crisis, and the
Vietnam War.
1. What was the Space Race?
In the late 1950s, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, an unmanned satellite.
This began a Space Race between the US and the USSR as each country tried
to be the first to explore space. This had a positive effect on the US as we
worked to make our education system excellent, industries worked
together, and computer technology developed. President Kennedy made it
a national goal to put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s. The
USSR was the first to put a man into outer space, the US put the first man
on the moon (Neil Armstrong).
2. What was the Vietnam War, and how does it compare with the Korean
Conflict?
The Vietnam War was a war in which the US supported South Vietnam
against North Vietnam. The US had a hard time fighting in the jungle-like
environment. The public didn’t support the war due to all the television
coverage.
Similarities of Vietnam War and Korean Conflict:
1. In both, the US was involved because of the containment policy.
2. In both, the Soviet Union supported the North and the US supported the
South
Differences between Vietnam War and the Korean Conflict:
1. The Vietnam War started because South Vietnam refused to reunite with
North Vietnam as one country. The Korean War started when North Korea
tried to invade South Korea.
2. The Vietnam War ended with the US withdrawing and South Vietnam
surrendering, becoming a communist nation. The Korean War ended in a
stalemate, with South Korea holding off North Korea.