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Cold War Conflicts

Cold War Conflicts. Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cuban Missile Crisis. Korean War - Background. Korea was a Japanese colony After World War II, U.S. and Soviet Union divided Korea into two sections ( 38th parallel) a . North Korea (Soviet Union) b. South Korea ( U.S. ). Korean War.

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Cold War Conflicts

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  1. Cold War Conflicts Korean War, Vietnam War, and Cuban Missile Crisis

  2. Korean War - Background • Korea was a Japanese colony • After World War II, U.S. and Soviet Union divided Korea into two sections (38th parallel) a. North Korea (Soviet Union) b. South Korea (U.S.)

  3. Korean War

  4. Korean War – Cause • 1950  North Korea invaded South Korea in order to unite Korea

  5. Korean War – Key Events • 1950  U.S. and United Nations forces pushed North Korean forces back behind the 38th parallel • 1951 Chinese and North Korean forces pushed United Nations forces back behind the 38th parallel and into South Korea

  6. Korean War - Result • 1953 Korean War ended (38th parallel divides North Korea from South Korea)

  7. Korean War – Key Terms • United Nations (peacekeeping organization)  Korean War represented first UN action

  8. Vietnam War - Background • Vietnam was a French colony (French Indochina) • Vietnamese forced the French to leave • Ho Chi Minh (communist leader) dominated North Vietnam • Geneva Conference (1954)  temporary division of Vietnam a. North  communist b. South non-communist

  9. Vietnam War - Causes • Ho Chi Minh wanted to unite Vietnam under Northern rule (communist rule) • Ho Chi Minh encouraged communist rebels to overthrow South Vietnamese government

  10. Vietnam War - Events • Increased American involvement a. President Eisenhower sent military advisors and supplies to South Vietnam b. President Kennedy more military advisors and weapons to South Vietnam c. President Johnson  sent American troops to fight the North Vietnamese d. President Nixon cease-fire and the withdrawal of American troops beginning in 1973

  11. Vietnam War - Results • U.S. troops left Vietnam • Unification of Vietnam (communist country)

  12. Vietnam War – Key Terms • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)  Congress authorized President Johnson to increase American involvement in Vietnam • Vietnamization Nixon's administrations policy of building up South Vietnamese forces while gradually withdrawing American troops • Domino Theory If Vietnam became a communist country, the countries adjacent to (surrounding) Vietnam would also become communist countries • http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history/videos/the-road-to-war?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

  13. Vietnam War – Key Terms • Dove Someone opposed to American involvement in the war • Hawk a person who supported American involvement in the war

  14. Cuban Missile Crisis – Background • 1959  Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba • Cuba became a communist state • 1961 Bay of Pigs a. U.S. (President Kennedy) supported a plan by anti-Castro exiles (people forced to leave Cuba when Castro came to power) to invade Cuba and lead an "uprising" against Castro b. Failed http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history/videos/bay-of-pigs-cias-perfect-failure?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false • 1962  U.S. imposed a trade embargo on Cuba

  15. CIA Tries to Kill Castro • http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history/videos/history-rocks-castro-must-die?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false

  16. Cuban Missile Crisis - Cause • Castro asked the Soviet Union for help • Soviet Union built nuclear missile bases in Cuba

  17. Cuban Missile Crisis • October 1962 President Kennedy demanded the immediate removal of nuclear missiles • U.S. created a naval blockade of Cuba. • Period of tension between Soviet Union and United States

  18. Cuban Missile Crisis - Results • Soviet Union removed nuclear missiles • U.S. promised not to invade Cuba

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