Important People in the War
The President from 1963-1968
Lyndon Johnson
Event which catapulted the U.S. into the Vietnam war however, it is disputed.
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Ran a podcast in New York, and strongly opposed the war. Had the same last name as the founder of communism.
Patricia Marx
Identify the subject: American and South Vietnamese forces repelled the attacks everywhere.
American and South vietnamese forces
What type of sentnece is this: Baby burner!
Exclamatory
Main character of the book, and got hepatitis in Thailand
Daniel Ellsberg
The legislation which gave the president a "Blank Check" for participation in the Vietnam war.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Robert McNamara
Identify the Predicate: The flimsy structure was still settling into the sand.
was still settling into the sand
The guerilla force also known as the NLF
The Viet Cong
The leader of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
The first major escalation of the war
Operation Rolling Thunder
Spent two years in Vietnam studying the war, and reporting to John McNaughton
What type of sentence is this: Please take your seats.
Imperative (Command)
What type of sentece is this: There is a VC down there.
Declarative
The General of the U.S Forces
General Westmoreland
What changed Ellsberg's thoughts surrounding the way the war was being fought
Joining a marine battalion and going into the field.
The Harvard professor who aided McNamara on his visit. Later he got invovled in the government.
Henry Kissinger
What type of sentence is this: What’s going to happen?
Interrogative
Secretary of State under Johnson and Kennedy
Dean Rusk
The leader of the South Vietnamese until his death in 1963
Ngo Dinh Diem
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Senator who was the sole opposer of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Wayne Morse
Identify the subject: The article, by Neil Sheehan and Hedrick Smith, laid bare all the details of the military’s secret request.
The article, by Neil Sheehan and Hedrick Smith
Journalist Ellsberg and Marx met in Vietnam, and leaked Westmorelands request for more troops
Neil Sheehan