1. Vietnam, Korea and Proxy Wars

2. Korean War
iv. Both governments felt they should rule the entire country.
v. 1950, N. Korea attacks S. Korea
vi. Since _________________________________________________________________________________________________.
vii. Truman asks the UN for help, and since Soviets are away from the council, he gets what he wanted.
viii. 16 nations helped the USA in the Korean War, but 9 of 10 soldiers was American

3. Korean War
ix. American help pushed N. Korea back past the 38th Parallel.
a. Americans involved in war
b. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
x. Since war is going well for Americans they decide to take over the whole country.
xi. In 1951, China enters on the side of N. Korea
xii. N. Korea pushes S. Korea back to 38th parallel.

5. Korean War xiii. Both countries stalemated at 38th parallel
xvi. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. SS 30 Cold War - Vietnam War
After a long siege, Vietnamese communists under Ho Chi Minh defeat French colonial forces at Dien Bien Phu on May 7.
In July, the Geneva Accords divide the country at the 17th parallel, creating a North and South Vietnam.
The United States assumes the chief responsibility of providing anti-communist aid to South Vietnam.
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7. SS 30 Cold War - Vietnam War
The Vietnam War
vi. Geneva Peace Conference (1954)
____________________________________________________________________________________________ b. North Communist (Ho Chi Minh); South is not
c. Elections to be held to unite country. They were never held.
d. Ho Chi Minh was very popular, __________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Domino Theory
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The Vietnam War
vii. American Involvement
a. In 1963, __________________________________________________________________________________________________
b. LBJ decided to bomb N. Vietnam “back to the stone age”
c. 1965, US troops land in S. Vietnam and begin to do most of the fighting
d. Consequently, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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9. SS 30 Cold War - Vietnam War
The Vietnam War
e. The Vietcong and the N. Vietnamese Army would often hide in villages and attack when least expected.
f. This ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
g. Many innocents killed and tortured, including women and children
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The Vietnam War
viii. Role of the Media
a. Many of these violent acts caught on tape and sent back to USA
b. Americans disgusted with their troops and opposed the war.
c. Richard Nixon ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
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11. Chile
South America

12. Chile
Salvador Allende served as politician in Chile for almost 40 years and was elected president on socialist platform in 1970
Reforms during his presidency
Nationalized many industries
Started health care reform
Renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba and Soviet government
Redistribute land wealth

13. American Interference
The CIA had interfered in 1964 elections (support for pro- Christian democratic candidate)
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
In September of 1973, Allende died during a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet
He ruled the country as a dictator until 1990
Pro-capitalist reforms

14. The Middle East
Afghanistan

15. Background Information
Beginning in the 1950s, the USSR began giving aid to Afghanistan. They built roads, irrigation and even some oil pipelines.
In the 1970s, a Communist party overthrew the monarchy and tried to institute social reforms. However they lacked the popular support of the rural population.

16. Causes of the Invasion
Firstly, the _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________.
They also wanted to preserve the Communist government that had been established in the 1970s, and was collapsing because of its lack of support other than in the military.
Lastly, the _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

17. Misled Foreign Aid
Arab people even gave aid to mujahidin. One of these was Osama Bin Laden
MUJAHIDIN (a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad; "some call the mujahidin international warriors but others just call them terrorists")

18. Terrorism Today……… FINALLY RESULTS
____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
RESULTS
Billions of dollars had been spent each year to support troops in Afghanistan
In part, the tide of the war had been turned by the introduction of US- made shoulder-launched antiaircraft missiles in 1987.
With these missiles, the Mujahidin shot down Soviet planes and helicopters every day, increasing the monetary and human cost of the war, and making Soviet strike tactics ineffective.

19. The Birth of Terrorism In the 1980s: In the late 1990s: Lead to 9/11
Supplying the Afghan resistance with American guns and anti-aircraft missiles seemed like a good idea and was the reason for the Soviets’ defeat
In the late 1990s:
The US was met with their own guns.
Lead to 9/11
Today:
The U.S suffers great losses within the border.
In the event that the Soviets did not invade Afghanistan it may have become a stable developing countries by today and the events of 9/11 may have not occurred.

20. THE RED SCARE!
Hysteria
Iron Curtain
Communism in China
A-Bomb
H-Bomb

21. Senator Joseph McCarthy

22. McCarthyism
State Dept
Workers
Gov’t Officials =
Communists
Democrats =
Communists