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How did the policy of containment lead to US involvement in the Korean War and the Vietnam War?
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∙ 14y ago
There was great concern called the "Domino Theory" that projected communism would expand country-by-country throughout Asia, and the U.S. was committed to stop the encroachment. Preserving a democratic South Korea and South Vietnam became the impetus for war in those nations.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoThe Korean War (1950-1953) directly influenced US Presidents from (not) invading North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The invasion of North Korea during the Korean War, led directly to Red China's entrance into the Korean War.
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∙ 16y agoThat is what it was all about, the domino theory that believed that all of Asia would become communist.
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∙ 16y agoThat was the whole point. The US was trying to prevent Communist expansion.
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What policy led to US involvement in the Korean conflict?
Part of the Cold War; communist containment.
What policy did George Kennan create to prevent the soviet union from expanding?
That policy is called the 'containment policy'. It led to the US involvement in the Korean and Vietnam wars, among others.
What was the US involvement in the Vietnam War was based in part on a policy to?
Containment .
What was the U.S involvement in the Korean war a part of cold war policy known as?
Communist containment/stopping communist aggression.
What was the perspective by the soviet on the containment policy?
The Korean War and Vietnam War are some of their reactions.
What policy led to US involvement in the Korean conflict?
Part of the Cold War; communist containment.
What policy did George Kennan create to prevent the soviet union from expanding?
That policy is called the 'containment policy'. It led to the US involvement in the Korean and Vietnam wars, among others.
What was the US involvement in the Vietnam War was based in part on a policy to?
Containment .
Us involvement in Vietnam was based on what basic policy?
Domino Effect, which basically amounts to a policy of containment.
What was the U.S involvement in the Korean war a part of cold war policy known as?
Communist containment/stopping communist aggression.
What was the perspective by the soviet on the containment policy?
The Korean War and Vietnam War are some of their reactions.
What American policy also led to involvement in Vietnam?
which resolution allowed president johnson to increase us involment in vietnam
What decision were made during the Cold War?
To contain communism. The Korean & Vietnam Wars were part of that containment policy.
How were the Korean and Vietnam conflict similar?
Both were conceived as part of the overall containment policy that dated back to the Truman administration
What conclusion could be drawn using the information in the passage above?
The U.S. defeat in Vietnam was considered a failure for the policy of containment. (if your doing study island "Korean and Vietnam war)
What was the US policy known as containment?
The containment policy was that the US would fight against any attempt by existing communist countries to take over other countries and add them to the Soviet bloc. This was the reason for the Korean War (in which the North Korean effort to take over South Korea was successfully prevented) and the Vietnam War (in which the North Vietnamese effort to take over South Vietnam succeeded despite US efforts at containment).
What was the significance of the Korean War to the overall American policy of containment?
Containment was a United States policy using numerous strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad. The U.S. entered the Korean War to defend South Korea from a communist invasion and The U.S. adhered closely to containment during the Vietnam War also
