Review: Cuban Missile Crisis and the Korean War

Students please finish these first:

1) Editorial (you get an extra day, good for you!)

2) Friday Assignment

Now that we have studied both the Korean War and Cuban Missile Crisis, answer these questions/tasks:


Korea Review: Go to John D. Clare to help you: http://www.johndclare.net/cold_war10.htm
1) How effective was American involvement in the Korea?
2) Do you think the United States "won" the Korean War?
3) Why is the Korean War part of the Cold War?  What role does Russia have? What role did Containment have?
4) Who was MacArthur? Why was he important?
5) What is the 38th Parallel?  Google an image of it.  What does it look like today?

Cuban Missile Crisis? Go here to help you: http://www.johndclare.net/cold_war16.htm
1) How did Fidel Castro get power in Cuba?
2) What was the Bay of Pigs?
3) How effective was America in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
4) Do you think the United States "won" the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Thanks guys!

BONUS:  FLING THE TEACHER FOR KOREA:  http://www.activehistory.co.uk/fling/quizzes/gcse_korean_war/quiz.htm