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U.S. History Name:

Atlas Activity Date:

Korea and Vietnam War (VUS.13b) Period:

American Troops Fight the Korean War (p.100-101)

1. Why was Korea divided in 1948?

2. What action started the Korean War? When?

3. What was the boundary line between North and South Korea?

4. Which side was winning at the beginning of the war?

How far north did the American led counter-attack push the North Koreans?

5. What action reversed the tide of the war?

6. When was the armistice signed?

7. Who won the Korean War and WHY DO YOU THINK SO?

Vietnam War Ends an Era (p.108-109)

1. When did the U.S. first send advisors to Vietnam?

2. When did we send in fighting troops?

3. When did the U.S. withdraw?

4. What happened to Vietnam after we pulled out?

5. How were helicopters used by America during this war?

6. When did the Vietnamese forces defeat the French?

How was Vietnam divided?

Through what countries did the Ho Chi Minh trail run?

When did the first Americans die in Vietnam?

What was the outcome of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?

7. What was our peak troop level? During what year?

8. When did the U.S. role switch from advisor to fighting?

What type of warfare did the U.S. use to fight this war?

What type of warfare did the Vietnamese used?

When was the Tet Offensive?

9. Why did the U.S. invade Laos and Cambodia?

When was the cease-fire signed?

When did South Vietnam fall to the Communists?

8. Why did so many Americans oppose the Vietnam War?

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