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Guided Notes

Slide 1: Containment

What is containment?

Do you think containment was the best strategy, why or why not?

What is the Truman Doctrine?

How much money was sent to Europe under the Marshall Plan?

Slide 2: The Korean War

Who supported N. Korea?

Why do you think most troops were American?

Who supported S. Korea?

What day did N. Korea attack S. Korea?

Slide 3: US fights in Korea

Who led the UN troops in Korea?

What do you think might have happened if the amphibious mission at Inchon did not work?

What is the 38th parallel?

Slide 4: China Joins the Party

How many troops did China send?

Why did China care so much about N. Korea staying Communist?

What was MacArthurs plan?

Slide 5: China Joins the Party Continued

What percentage of Americans agreed with MacArthur?

If you were president would you agree with MacArthur and fight China?

Slide 6: Stalemate

Who won the War?

Do you consider this war a success? Why or why not?

How much money was spent?

Slide 7: Vietnam

Who was the President at the start of the war?

Why do you think so many Americans supported the war after Korea was a stalemate?

Slide 8: Build up

How many soldiers were sent at the beginning of Vietnam and at the peak?

What was the difference between ARVN and American troops?

Slide 9: Fighting in the Jungle

What style of fighting did the VC use? Name 2 strategies the VC used in the jungle.

Why was the US so confident in the beginning of the war?

Slide 10: War of Attrition

What two countries were

Explain attrition and who do you

helping the VC?

think was using the strategy better?

Slide 11: US Strategies

Why did the US use napalm and Agent Orange?

How was the US plan to win the hearts and minds contradictory to what they were actually doing?

Slide 12: Frustration

What two substances did US soldiers turn to?

What does the Buddhists form of protest trying to convey?

Slide 13: The Draft

What is the Draft?

Is it fair to send people to war if they do not agree with its principles?

What is a 1-A-O?

Slide 14: 1968

What was the Tet Offensive?

Why didnt Johnson win reelection?

Who is the New president of the United States?

Slide 15: Nixons War

What is Vietnamization?

Why was it such a big deal that

Nixon did not get Congress approval to send troops? What other countries does Nixon Invade? What year does the US decide its time to leave?

Slide 17: End of War

Why is Vietnam such an unpopular war?

What year did the VC take over all of Vietnam

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