Unit Eleven Part One Review - The Cold War, Korea, and Vietnam

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Across
  1. 1. The acronym for the Army of the Republic of Vietnam was trained, supplied, and aided by the US troops during the Vietnam War. (4 letter acronym)
  2. 4. One of three events that truly turned the US public against the Vietnam War, the revelation of the ___ ___ Massacre revealed a side of the US military that people in the US and around the world were shocked and disheartened to see. (2 words/no spaces)
  3. 7. This "conflict" lasted from 1945-1991 and is characterized by a extreme tension and competition between the US and the Soviet Union (USSR) due to both countries fearing the other, technological innovations/competition, disagreements over the best political format, and a desire to be seen as the superior nation. (2 words/no spaces)
  4. 9. During the Vietnam War there were many student-led ____ due to the unpopularity of the draft which unequally required the sons of mostly blue collar and minority families to be sent to fight.
  5. 10. When the USSR sent up the first artificial satellite (called ______) into space it spurred on the US Space Race with Kennedy vowing the US would have a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s.
  6. 14. This 13 day stand off between the US (Kennedy) and the USSR (Khrushchev) was the closest the world has come to all out nuclear war. Ultimately the compromise was made for the USSR to remove their missiles in Cuba and the US to remove their missiles in Turkey. (3 words/no spaces)
  7. 15. Soldiers who fought in the Korean and Vietnam wars have high rates of _ _ _ _ due to the Guerrilla style fighting that required them to always be on their guard, never knowing when the enemy might attack. (4 letter acronym)
  8. 16. This capital city of Germany was divided into East (USSR) and West (US) after WWII. A 15 month airlift occurred following a blockage of routes into the Western portion and ultimately a more permanent wall was built in 1961 that formally separated the two portions until 1989.
  9. 18. The North Vietnamese used the __ ___ ___ ___ to bring in supplies and troops to South Vietnam through the neighboring and neutral nations of Laos and Cambodia. In an attempt to cut these supply lines, the US began secret bombing campaigns in both countries. (4 words/no spaces)
  10. 19. This individual implemented the policy of Vietnamization in order to bring home the US troops and give more control to the South Vietnamese troops in an effort to end the Vietnam War.
  11. 21. The US was fighting against the army of ____ ____ as well as a South Vietnamese splinter group of Guerrilla fighters known as the Vietcong. (2 words/no spaces)
  12. 23. The capital of Vietnam, _______, ultimately fell to the North Vietnamese after US troops pulled out of the country. The city was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the North Vietnamese leader.
  13. 24. One of three events that truly turned the US public against the Vietnam War, the ____ ____ were the public release of classified documents by Daniel Ellsberg that showed the extent to which the US government had been covering up the reality of the Vietnam War. (2 words/no spaces)
Down
  1. 1. The US used two very controversial chemical weapons during the Vietnam War in an attempt to clear out the dense vegetation of the Vietnam Jungles. They are known as ____ ____ and Napalm. Both of which caused extreme health issues for the individuals who were exposed to them. (2 words/no spaces)
  2. 2. This (extremely unpopular) conflict occurred from 1955-1975 and was the first true failure for US troops, with the country ultimately falling to Communism as the final US personnel evacuated as the North Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon. (2 words/no spaces)
  3. 3. This failed invasion of Cuba by US trained Cuban exiles was supposed to overthrow Fidel Castro, but instead was a huge embarrassment to the US and Kennedy and resulted in Cuba turning to the USSR for protection. (3 words/no spaces)
  4. 5. This individual was president when the Cold War and the Korean War started. He famously fired MacArthur after a public disagreement about keeping Korea a "Limited War" or expanding the war into China.
  5. 6. This conflict occurred from 1950-1953 and has been nicknamed "The Forgotten War" due to the lack of attention the conflict received in historical textbooks compared to other conflicts despite the many firsts and advancements including the first war fought in conjunction with the UN and the first integrated war. The conflict ended with a ceasefire and the country remains divided today. (2 words/no spaces)
  6. 8. This individual rapidly escalated the Vietnam War following the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution when Congress issued a "blank check" for the president to do whatever necessary to maintain the "Containment" the spread of Communism.
  7. 11. A US spy plane was shot down over the USSR while secretly spying. At first Eisenhower lied and denied the allegations, but ultimately admitted the truth. This incident caused Khrushchev to cancel the scheduled summit and greatly increased the tension of the Cold War. (letter, number, word- no spaces)
  8. 12. Both Korea and Vietnam were ______ into Communist North and Non-Communist South. (Korea along the 38th Parallel, and Vietnam along the 17th Parallel)
  9. 13. This individual was our youngest elected president. He backed the Eisenhower planned Bay of Pigs invasion and also famously de-escalated the tension with Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  10. 17. This individual was president when the Korean War ended and when the Bay of Pigs Invasion was planned. He is also a decorated veteran of WWII who coined the term "Domino Theory" referencing the perceived risk to Southeast Asia.
  11. 20. This technological advancement, first used in the Korean War, was a great asset in the Vietnam War and was used to quickly move troops, bring supplies, and evacuate wounded soldiers.
  12. 22. One of three events that truly turned the US public against the Vietnam War, the ___ ____ was a surprise attack on South Vietnam during an agreed upon "ceasefire" to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Although it was technically a US victory, the US public was shocked to see that the war was not going as they had been told by the government and the media. (2 words/no spaces)