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this is Asia – find Japan, find USSR, find China, find Korea USSR ChinaJapan Korea
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38 th Parallel
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warm up 4/21/15 Look at the map on p. 836 write the answers to the 2 questions somewhere on your Korean map note sheet
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Canvas due Weds Vocabulary quiz Weds
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38 th Parallel Korea Pacific Ocean China – communist troops sent to N. Korea to push UN forces back MacArthur openly criticized Truman for not allowing him to be more aggressive towards the Chinese, Truman fired him War started in 1950 when communist N.Korea invaded S. Korea Pres. Truman asked the UN to support S. Korea Gen. MacArthur led UN troops to push the N. Koreans back. Police Action ended with an armistice signed July 1953 6
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packet of Korea work 1 st do the sheet requiring the class set of documents: choose 1, read it answer questions in the packet then get a 2 nd one. The rest is chapter review work work is due Thur 4/23/15. Tues or Weds is early and extra credit.
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Warm up 4/22/15 Did the US accomplish its goal in Korea? YES How do you know? S. Korea is not communist today. Communism was contained in the North Take out yesterday’s notes. Circle the year the Korean Conflict started. Circle the name of the US president who sent troops to Korea
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1. Vocab quiz 2. see map & chart pages 830- 831, p. 846-847, p. 852, p. 863 3. Domestic policy notes during the Cold War (next to Foreign policy T-chart notes) 4. 1950’s notes & pictures on the back of the T-chart.
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Vocabulary quiz 1.List the 2 superpowers following WWII. 2.Define/explain what the Cold War was. 3.Churchill said that an “____ _________” has fallen across Europe. 4.The Marshall Plan was when the US sent _______ to many countries in Europe. 5.The Policy of ______________ meant that the US wanted to prevent the spread of communism.
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America during the Cold War Foreign Policy Berlin Blockade: Professionals were leaving East Berlin Stalin blocked all land access to West Berlin to show his disapproval of western influence in Berlin Berlin Airlift showed American determination to stand up to him. Marshall Plan - $$ to any country willing to not be communist Domestic Policy *Govt $$ for space programs & technological developments ** arms race & space race *GI Bill – help for returning veterans - $ for college or get job training - loans for homes, farms or businesses *McCarthyism – unwarranted accusations of being unpatriotic or communist
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Life in the US post-WWII 1.Vets got help from the government to go to college, get home loans, job training, etc… 2.Women lost jobs & went back into the home 3.BABY BOOM! 4.Factories produced more consumer goods instead of wartime materials 5.Economy boomed Next to each event, draw a picture to represent how life was different than during the war.
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warm up 4/23/15 read the quote and paragraph underneath it on p. 950 and answer the reading check question
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What do the Korean conflict & Vietnam War have in common? Why did the US send troops to Korea? Why did the US get involved in Vietnam? To show that America would even defend small nations from the spread of communism To stop the spread of communism Ho Chi Minh was the very popular communist leader of Vietnam & the US feared he would win the election
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Vietnam beginnings Which US president 1 st sent military help to Vietnam? When did the US send troops? President Truman Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by Congress not a declaration of war US military claimed that when the N. Vietnamese fired on our naval carrier that it was an act of war Actual events still in question
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Outcomes of the Vietnam War Why was the Tet Offensive important? What was the outcome of the Vietnam War? US govt reported that the end was near psychological victory for N. Vietnam N. Vietnam attacked US Embassy American opposition to the war War Powers Act passed by Congress to limit the power of the President during war time 26 th Amendment-18 yr. olds get the right to vote Communism spread to the entire country American people lost faith in the US govt How are the Korean & Vietnam conflicts similar? What is TET? Vietnamese New Year When did the war officially end? April 30, 1975
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*Truman 1945-1953 Eisenhower 1953-1961 **Kennedy 1961-1963 Johnson 1963-1969 **Nixon 1969-1974 **Ford 1974-1975
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HO CHI MINH – leader of the communists in N. Vietnam Vietnam - split in 1954 by US & USSR agreement to contain communism in the north In 1963, the US had 16,000 military personnel in Vietnam 1969 – 543,000 troops Ho Chi Minh Trail - used by North Vietnam to supply the communists in South Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution – signed after US ship was fired on - 1964 1973 – US agreed to a cease-fire & withdraw all troops. War was over for the US 1975 – N. Vietnam took S. Vietnam, all communist now
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all of these notes go on the Vietnam map side of the pink Korea map US sent $$ in 1950 to help South Vietnam fight the commun ists In 1963, the US had 16,000 military personnel in Vietnam 1969 – 543,000 troops Ho Chi Minh Trail - used by North Vietnam to supply the communists in South Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution – signed after US ship was fired on - 1964 Tet Offensive -huge surprise attack on cities & US military bases by N. Vietnam -made Americans question the war 1973 – US agreed to a cease-fire & to withdraw all troops. War was over for the US 1975 – N. Vietnam took S. Vietnam, it is all communist today
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ESSAY INFO 3 paragraphs: intro, body, conclusion Due Friday at the end of class “The Cold War caused a lot of tension between the US and the communist USSR.” The US was worried about the spread of communism. Prove this statement is true by writing about 3 different events or government policies that occurred during the Cold War.
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