Vietnam War
An alleged attack on US ships off the coast of N. Vietnam that escalated our involvement
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Leader of Iraq and responsible for the invasion of Kuwait
Saddam Hussein
The name of the prison that used extreme interrogation techniques which eroded American public opinion
Guantanamo Bay
The 9/11 commission report concluded that Saddam Hussein was not involved in the 9/11 attacks (true or false)
True
Following the 9/11 attacks, in his address to Congress, President Bush declared our war against Afghanistan a "war on ____________."
Terror
United States method of measurement for achieving success in the Vietnam
Body Counts
Oil / Petroleum / Gas
The group that controlled Afghanistan's government from 1996-2001 and suppressed the rights of women
This militant Islamic extremist group took over portions of Iraq through violence
ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
A temporary postponement of one's military service
Deferment
1969 US massacre of Vietnamese civilians that led to a decline American public support for the war
My Lai
The air warfare operation and bombing campaign that targeted Iraqi airfields, roads, military compounds, etc.
Operation Desert Storm
The number of US commercial flights that were hijacked on September 11th, 2001
Four (4)
One major objective of the United States in the Iraqi war (there are four total)
Remove Saddam Hussein from power
Establish democracy in Iraq
Remove Iraqi WMD
Destroy any terrorist networks
Vietnamization
Someone who avoided being drafted by claiming that their moral or religious beliefs prevented them from fighting in the war
Conscientious Objector
The type of missile used by the United States to counter Iraq's SCUD missiles
Patriot Missiles
Homemade explosives that were the Taliban's major weapon against the United States resulting in thousands of deaths
IED (Improvised Explosive Devices)
One of the reasons the US went to war against Iraq was due to intel that Saddam Hussein was developing this type of weapon
WMD (Weapon of Mass Destruction)
The operation where President H.W. Bush placed troops in Saudi Arabia to prevent an Iraqi invasion
Operation Desert Shield
These three countries combined made up what was French Indochina
The deadline given by the United Nation to Saddam Hussein before his military was to be forcefully removed from Kuwait (month & day)
January 15th
Osama Bin Laden was killed in this neighboring country to Afghanistan
Pakistan
Iraqi prisoners of war (POW's) were abused and treated inhumanely at this prison
Abu Ghraib
Turning point of the Vietnam War, this event was a coordinated assault by the Viet Cong on multiple U.S. and South Vietnamese outposts in the region.
Tet Offensive