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US History
Homework Packet #23
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Section
Part I: Textbook Reading and Questions
Part II: Creative Writing
Part III: Notes Reading and Questions
Part I: Textbook Reading
Part I: Textbook Reading, pages 817-821.
The Korean War
1. After WWII, Koreans North of the 38th parallel surrendered to _______________, and Koreans south of
the parallel surrendered to the __________________________.
2. _______________ Korea became a communist country and ____________ Korea became a democracy.
3. On June 25, 1950, _______________ Korea launched a surprise attack on ______________ Korea.
4. South Korea asked the ___________________ to help. Because the _____________were boycotting the
meeting, the vote was to help the South Koreans.
5. Sixteen countries sent troops, but over ________% of the troops were American.
The United States Fights in Korea
1. The UN troops were able to push the North Koreans close to the Korean border with
__________________.
2. ___________ then joined the war and pushed all of the UN and South Korean troops back to South Korea.
3. General MacArthur recommended attacking China with ______________ weapons, but President Truman
disagreed and eventually _________ MacArthur.
4. The ____________________ suggested a cease-fire on June 23, 1951.
5. The war ended with communism ____________________ without the use of atomic weapons, but Korea
was still _______ nations.
6. The war increased Americans fear of _____________________.
Part III: Read the Notes and complete the vocabulary.
The Cold War Gets Hotter: the Korean War
1. America became involved in the Korean War in order to contain
communism (to keep it from spreading)
2. Communist North Korea invaded South Korea.
3. The US led a United Nations counterattack that drove deep into
North Korea.
4. Communist Chinese forces came into the war on the side of the
North Koreans.
5. It looked like the war could get very big, but eventually it ended
with neither side gaining land.
6. Communism did not spread into South Korea.
The Vietnam War
1. The US involvement in Vietnam was also because of the Cold
War policy of containment of communism.
2. Beginning in the 1950s and continuing into the early 1960s, the
communist government of North Vietnam attempted to install
through force a communist government in South Vietnam. The
US helped the South Vietnamese fight back against the
communists.
Protestors demand an end to
3. America started sending many soldiers to Vietnam under
the Vietnam War.
President John Kennedy. After Kennedy was assassinated in
1963, President Lyndon Johnson sent even more troops.
4. The amount of combat in Vietnam grew larger throughout the
1960s. American troops repeatedly defeated the North
Vietnamese forces in the field, but could not force and end to the
war on terms favorable to the US. The US tried to fight a limited
war (not too many soldiers, no nuclear weapons) and could not
win fighting this way.
5. The US became bitterly divided over the war. Many Americans
supported the war. Many others were opposed to the war.
One of the most famous
Protests to American involvement were common, especially on
photos of Vietnam, which
college campuses.
created anger in the US. Its
6. Lyndon Johnson decided to not run again for president; Richard
shows villagers running to
Nixon was elected on a promise to bring the war to an honorable
escape a napalm attack by
end. He called his policy “Vietnamization”—meaning he
South Vietnamese forces.
brought many American troops home and replaced them with
Napalm is a burning
South Vietnamese troops and military aid (money) to the South
gasoline. The naked girl is
Vietnamese.
screaming because her skin is
7. Ultimately Vietnamization failed. The South Vietnamese troops
burning, but she survived the
could not stop the North Vietnamese troops (who were supported
attack.
by the Soviet Union).
8. President Nixon had to resign as President because of the
Watergate Scandal. His campaign had broken into the
Democrat’s headquarters to steal campaign secrets. He lied
about his knowledge of the break-in.
9. In 1975, both North and South Vietnam were merged under
communist control.
Cuba
1. Cuba was another place where the Cold War heated up.
2. Fidel Castro led a communist revolution that took over Cuba in
the late 1950s.
3. Many Cubans escaped to Florida. Some of these exiles (people
who cannot go back to their country) were trained by the CIA
(Central Intelligence Agency—like spies) to invade Cuba and
overthrow Castro.
4. The exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs and failed.
5. In 1962, the Soviet Union stationed missiles in Cuba, which set
off the Cuban Missile Crisis.
6. President Kennedy ordered the Soviets to remove their missiles.
Fidel Castro, Communist
7. For several days, it looked like a nuclear war between the US
leader of Cuba
and the Soviet Union could begin at any moment.
8. Eventually the Soviet leadership “blinked” and removed their
missiles.
Hot Spots in the Cold War
Korean War
Vietnamization
Word
Vietnam War
Bay of Pigs
Richard Nixon Watergate
Cuban Missile Crisis
Lyndon Johnson
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev
Definition
The Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy demanded that
they be removed. The Soviets removed the missiles.
The Soviet leader who “blinked” and removed missiles from Cuba.
A failed invasion of Cuba in which Cuban exiles planned to take Cuba back from
Fidel Castro and the communists.
A war in the early 1950s to contain communism that involved the Chinese
communist forces. The war ended in a stalemate (tie) with neither side gaining
new land, but communism was contained.
A war that begun in the 1950s and continued in the 1960s in which the US helped
stop the spread of communism. The war was a failure for the US and
communists took over the country.
The term that President Nixon used to say that he would bring US troops home
and replace them with Southern Vietnam fighters.
The communist leader of Cuba
The US president who began sending more soldiers to Vietnam and was
assassinated in 1963.
The US president who became president when the current president was
assassinated. He sent even more troops to Vietnam and chose to not run for
reelection.
The US president who wanted to bring troops home from Vietnam and had to
resign from office because of the Watergate Scandal.
A hotel in Washington DC where the Democrats had an office for the
presidential campaign. Republicans broke into the office to steal campaign
secrets. When they were caught, a huge scandal was started and the president
resigned from office.
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Packet #23
Part II: Creative Writing
Possible Brags:
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United Nations soldier that
pushed Communists out of South
Korea
Fidel Castro who led a successful
communist take-over of Cuba
Possible Whines:
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Rich Cuban that fled Cuba when Fidel Castro led the
Communist take-over of Cuba
Soldier who trained to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs but failed
US school child who is told that a desk will protect him/her
from a nuclear bomb
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