Domino Theory and Fears of Communism Flashcards

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What is communism?

A political and economic system where the state owns most property and businesses and tries to share wealth more equally.

It was a US promise to help any country that was threatened by communism.

It was the plan to stop communism spreading to new countries, without attacking places that were already communist.

It was the idea that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would soon fall as well, like a row of dominoes.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower first talked about the Domino Theory and Vietnam in 1954.

China became a communist country under Mao Zedong, so the USA feared more Asian countries might follow its example.

The war showed that communist countries, like North Korea and China, were ready to use force to spread communism in Asia.

It was a time when many Americans were very afraid of communists inside the USA and thought they were a serious threat to the country.

A communist government led by Ho Chi Minh controlled North Vietnam, which worried the USA because it might try to spread communism to South Vietnam.

It made US leaders believe they had to stop South Vietnam becoming communist, to prevent the rest of South East Asia from ‘falling’ as well.