20th Century Wars				Cold War & Vietnam	    		 Mr. Thorsen

The Cold War “Freezes”

-Post WWII T/F sheet pgs. 840-845
-Post WWII worksheet pgs. 756-761
-United Nations
-Iron Curtain descends 
-NATO & Warsaw Pact

The Cold War “Heats Up”
-China becomes communist 1949
	-the leaders on both sides
	-the effect of the fall of China on US policy

 Korean War 1950-53
-T/F Origins of Korean War pgs. 788-89
  1.  Before the end of WWII the US & USSR agreed to divide Korea at the 40th parallel.
  2.  The Soviets occupied northern end of Korea & the US occupied the southern end.
  3.  The two occupying powers agreed to hold elections to determine the government that would rule the entire country.
  4.  The US prevented the UN Commission sent to supervise elections in the South while the Soviets worked with the UN.
  5.  The people of the Republic of Korea (South) elected Kim Il Sung and its capital was in Seoul while the people in the Democratic Republic (North) elected Syngman Rhee and its capital was Saigon.
  6.  The UN recognized both Korean governments.
  7.  When North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950 the UN declared the invasion an unwarranted aggression and called on UN members to resist the attack.

-Seoul & Pyongyang
-Pusan, Inchon, Yalu 
-Mac Arthur, Ridgeway, Truman
-Jet Age   
     -MiG’s & Sabers
-why wasn’t it a US victory. 

The Vietnam War
-worksheet pgs. 801-802
-French connection
-Ho Chi Minh and the Vietminh
-Vietnam during WWII 
-US relationship with Ho Chi Minh during WWII
	-what soured that relationship?
-French Indo-China War 1950-54
	-Dien Bien Phu
-Geneva Accords and splitting Vietnam
	-domino theory
-Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietcong (VC), ARVN, NVA
-how Diem alienated many Vietnamese
-LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin 
-technology & tactics
-Robert MacNamara, General Westmoreland
-sinking morale
-Republic of Vietnam’s instability
-draft dodging and protestors
	-SDS and growing violent
-Doves vs. Hawks
-1968 Tet Offensive
	-its effect
-1968 presidential election
-Nixon, Henry Kissinger
	-vietnamization
	-“Peace with Honor”
	-March 16, 1968 My Lai Massacre
		-Lt. Calley
	-April 30, 1970 Invasion of Cambodia
		-Kent and Jackson State
		-Hardhats
	-Pentagon Papers
-1973 US pullout
-1975 North Vietnam unites with South Vietnam