Define it!
Scandal involving President Nixon which lead to his resignation
Watergate
The capital of the North
Hanoi
First Prime Minister of the South
The event that divided Vietnam (name and date)
Geneva Peace Agreement, 1954
RVN
The process of trying to win over the support of the civilian population
Winning hearts and minds
Name one tactic of Guerilla Warfare
- Attach at night
- tunnels like Cu Chi
- Punji spikes
- hide in plain sight
Diem's family that had key positions in Diem's government
Nhu family - including the notorious Madame 'let them eat BBQ' Nhu
The idea that if South Vietnam falls to communism, other South East Asia would fall soon after
Domino Theory
VC and ARVN
Viet Cong & Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South)
Strategy for fighting against guerrilla fighters
Counterinsurgency
These were used in the North to supervise the implementation of communism and the distribution of land
Agricultural Reform Tribunals
What did the US launch in 1965? The intensive bombing campaign in response to the Tonkin Bay Incident
Operation Rolling Thunder
The site of US massacre of South Vietnam villagers
My Lai
WHAM
Winning hearts and minds
Khmer name for Cambodia
Kampucha
TET Offensive, 1968
The US used Agent Orange (a toxic weed killer) in order to achieve this policy of
Defoliation
Who is Quang Doc and what did he do in 1963?
The Buddhist Monk who self immolated in protest to Diem's crackdown and repression of Buddhist monks
NLF AND NVA
National Liberation Front & Army of North Vietnamese
In May 1970, this protest lead to 4 students being shot by the National Guard
Kent State University protests
Leader of North Vietnam
Vo Nguyen Giap
Name the US Presidents during the Vietnam War (in order)
Harry Truman (1945-1953)
Dwight Eisenhower (1953-1961)
JFK (1961-1963)
Lyndon B Johnson (1963-1969)
Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
What event lead to the US putting troops on the ground?
The Tonkin Bay Incident
COSVN
Central Office for South Vietnam