Cold War Conflicts Content & Vocabulary

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Fighters who do not fight directly but make surprise raids or quick attacks from under cover

• guerrilla

• proxy wars

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Tet Offensive

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When capitalist and Communist forces battled each other

• guerrilla

• proxy wars

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Tet Offensive

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This started when the North Korean army invaded South Korea and they refused the United Nations' request to withdraw

• guerrilla

• proxy wars

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Tet Offensive

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When American bombers and troops joined the fight against North Vietnam to keep South Vietnam from becoming Communist

• guerrilla

• proxy wars

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Tet Offensive

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When the North Vietnamese launched a widespread attack on South Vietnam on the Vietnamese holiday of Tet

• guerrilla

• proxy wars

• Korean War

• Vietnam War

• Tet Offensive

True or False?

A proxy is a stand in or substitute.

• True

• False

True or False?

The Korean War ended on June 25, 1950.

• True

• False

True or False?

Americans called the effect of one nation after another falling to communism the "Lego theory".

• True

• False

True or False?

The Korean War began on June 25, 1950.

• True

• False

True or False?

In the Korean War, American soldiers fought along side North Koreans against South Koreans.

• True

• False