Places
The country Vietnam was trying to get their independence from
What is France?
The US President who began to escalate the war and was ultimately assassinated.
Who is JFK?
These countries/people backed North Vietnam after it was split.
China, Russia, communists
The decade that saw the largest involvement in the Vietnam War for the United States.
What are the 1960s?
The year with the most combat deaths of the Vietnam War.
1968
The country that became communist after World War II that led the United States to get involved in Vietnam.
What is China?
North Vietnamese Guerilla Army based in South Vietnam
Vietcong
These countries/beliefs back South Vietnam after the country was split.
The type of media where most Americans saw the fighting of Vietnam War in their homes everynight.
What is the television?
The year the Vietnam War ended.
1975
The war in this country that the United States was involved in, which also led to them entering the conflict in Vietnam.
What is Korea?
Charlie
The place where most of the fighting with the Vietcong occurred.
The two ways anti war students protested the Vietnam War.
What is burning their draft cars and teach ins?
These two American figures were assassinated in 1968 adding the turmoil of that year.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy?
After the French were defeated, Vietnam was split into these two places.
What is North Vietnam and South Vietnam?
Vietnamese freedom fighters led by Ho Chi Minh during their fight with the French.
Who are the Vietminh?
The place where Operation Thunder dropped the majority of their bombs
What is North Vietnam?
This was what men who were 18-35 have to register for when they turn 18 and how many were sent to fight in Vietnam.
What is the draft?
Throughout the more than 10 years of involvement, America spent this much money on the Vietnam War.
What is 150 billion dollars?
The continent where Vietnam is located.
What is Asia?
The leader of South Vietnam who was executed by his own generals weeks before JFK
Who is Diem?
The place that the United States did not want to invade to order to avoid a full scale conflict with China.
What is North Vietnam?
This was the approximant number of total causalities the United States had during the Vietnam War.
What is 58,000
The total amount of Vietnamese deaths during the war, including civilians.
What is 3 million?