Containment was a foreign policy strategy used by the US during the Cold War to try to prevent the spread of communism

the Domino Theory was the idea that if one country fell to communism more would follow

Marshall Aid (or the Marshall Plan) was the American strategy of giving money to European countries to help them recover after World War Two

Containment and the Domino Theory

History

This prepares pupils for an understanding of the domestic consequences of the Vietnam War for the USA

Pupils know that the USA had emerged from WW2 as a leading global power, and have some contextual understanding of communism and capitalism

Complete the sentence: The __________ Scare referred to a wave of anti-communist feeling in the US.

Which area of Europe saw communist parties come to power in multiple countries?

What plan aimed to rebuild Europe in order to prevent the spread of communism?

Which Asian country became communist in 1949?

Communist North Korea invades capitalist South Korea

Vietnam is split into North Vietnam and South Vietnam

What was the term given to President Eisenhower's fear of communist governments coming to power in Southeast Asia?

a Chinese communist group that aimed to take control of all of Southeast Asia

the name given to the Japanese when they controlled French Indochina during WW1

a communist nationalist group that fought for Vietnamese independence

a group that worked with the French to help govern French Indochina

Complete the sentence: the Viet Minh specialised in __________ warfare.

How did the people of France refer to the conflict in Vietnam against the Viet Minh?

Which countries supported the Viet Minh during their conflict with France?

at the 1st parallel; most of the territory went to North Vietnam

at the 21st parallel; land was lost to Cambodia and Laos

at the 38th parallel; most of the territory went to South Vietnam

How was Vietnam divided at the Geneva Conference in 1954?

When were elections supposed to take place to unify Vietnam?