Key People
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This 1968 surprise offensive by the North shocked the United States.
What is the Tet Offensive?
The capital of North Vietnam during the war.
What is Hanoi?
U.S. strategy that focused on body counts and battles of attrition.
What is war of attrition?
The communist forces fighting in South Vietnam.
Who were the Viet Cong?
This U.S. president sent the first combat troops to Vietnam in 1965.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This 1970 action expanded the war into a neighboring country.
What is the invasion of Cambodia?
This river roughly divided North and South Vietnam near the DMZ.
What is the Ben Hai River?
This chemical defoliant devastated Vietnam’s landscape.
What is Agent Orange?
The border zone separating North and South Vietnam.
What was the DMZ?
South Vietnam’s first president, overthrown in 1963.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
The U.S. evacuation of this city marked the end of the war in 1975.
What is Saigon?
A major trail through Laos and Cambodia used for supplies.
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
The policy aiming to turn combat responsibilities over to South Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
A war tactic involving surprise attacks and hit-and-run tactics.
What is guerrilla warfare?
Commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam during much of the war.
Who is General William Westmoreland?
A 1964 incident here led to increased U.S. involvement.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
This key South Vietnamese city fell in 1975.
What is Saigon?
This amendment lowered the voting age during the war.
What is the 26th Amendment?
The theory that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
He became famous for exposing the Pentagon Papers.
Who is Daniel Ellsberg?
Name the deadly 1968 massacre of civilians by U.S. troops.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
Name the long mountain range running along Vietnam’s western border.
What are the Annamite Mountains?
The U.S. bombing campaign over North Vietnam from 1965–1968.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
Name the agreement that ended direct U.S. military involvement in 1973.
What are the Paris Peace Accords?