Section 2.1
Section 2.2
Section 2.3
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What did America want to accomplish by helping South Vietnam?
What is they wanted to win the hearts and minds of the citizens by building a stable, non-communist nation.
100
List one reason why the U.S. fought.
What is protect villagers, they felt it was their duty, to prevent the spread of communism.
100
Which group supported Johnson's war policy?
What is Hawks
200
What two advisers believed the U.S. needed to increase their military presence in Vietnam to win the war?
What is Robert McNamara and William Westmoreland
200
Why was the morale of the war wearing down?
What is they were losing their lives for a country that didn't want to die for themselves.
300
What animal did Ho Chi Minh compare America to?
What is an elephant
300
American forces supported the survival and development of what?
What is South Vietnam
300
Why did the Johnson administration keep asserting that victory was close at hand?
What is America was a very rich, advanced country compared to the poor country that they were fighting.
400
A jellied gasoline that was dropped in canisters and exploded on impact.
What is Napalm
500
Where did the Vietcong attack that caused president Johnson to order the start of Operation Rolling Thunder?
What is Pleiku
500
Where was the U.S. often forced to fight Vietnam?
What is jungles, rice paddies, and mountains.
500
Johnson's great society plan called for which four things?
What is enormous domestic spending to eliminate poverty, improve education, improve medical care, fight racial discrimination.
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