Presidents
Foreign policy of the Domino Theory
Eisenhower
Dividing line between North and South Vietnam
17th Parallel
The capital of North Vietnam
Hanoi
Communist leader in North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Where were U.S. warships attacked
Gulf of Tonkin
Secretly bombed Cambodia
Nixon
Chemical used to burn away the jungle
Napalm
The capital of South Vietnam
Saigon
Leader in South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Two countries that fell to communist forces
Laos and Cambodia
Approved the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
Kennedy
Fighting is turned over to South Vietnam
Vietnamization
Name of trail that moved men and supplies during the war
Ho Chin Minh Trail
Under whose presidency did the Vietnam War escalate
Johnson
Aerial bombing campaign by the U.S. military
Rolling Thunder
Tet Offensive - War Escalates
Johnson
If one nation falls to communism others will follow
Domino Theory
What incident is considered the official beginning of U.S. involvement in Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin incident
Who was Secretary of State who tried to reach a compromise between North and South Vietnam (First and last name)
Henry Kissinger
War crimes committed by the U.S. involving mass murder
My Lai Massacre
Saigon fell April 19, 1975
Ford
Communist guerrilla rebels fighting in South Vietnam
Vietcong
American POWs suffered years of torture here (2 words)
Hotel Hanoi
Who succeeded Stalin
Khrushchev
U.S. soldiers job to destroy hidden infrastructure
Tunnel rats