Slide 1The Cold War: Domino Theory and Containment Korea, Vietnam Cuba, Central America Middle East Slide 2 Terms to Know: The Arms Race Brinkmanship: US needed to act as…

Slide 1 The Cold War: Domino Theory and Containment Korea and Vietnam Slide 2 The Domino Theory: Asia 1949: Communists take over China. Most populated country in the world…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 VIETNAM From 1800’s till 1940 France ruled Indochina Became known as French Indochina Vietnam Cambodia Laos Slide 4 VIETNAM Opposition fled to China…

Slide 1 The War in Vietnam A Chronology Slide 2 Vietnam Background Vietnam is a country in South East Asia Main crop is rice Southern Vietnam is hot, humid, and has jungles…

Longest and Most Unpopular War During the war: 58,000 Americans lost their lives. 61% of the men killed were 21 or younger. 304,000 were wounded. 75,000 were severely disabled.…