Early US Intervention
Johnson Escalates the War in Vietnam
Nixon and the Failure of Vietnamization
Bonus Questions (2x points)
100
The parallel that Vietnam was divided at
What is the 17th parallel?
100
Gave the President unlimited power to make military decisions regarding Vietnam
What is the Gulf Tolkin Resolution
100
The creators of the plan of Vietnamization
Who are Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger?
100
The religion of Ngo Dinh Diem
What is Catholicism?
200
The theory US presidents used as justification for intervention in Vietnam
What is the Domino Effect?
200
The dropping of a million tons of bombs that would only add more resentment of Vietnamese farmers
What was Operation Rolling Thunder
200
The University in which 4 college students were killed for protesting
What is Kent State University?
200
The current name for Saigon City
What is Ho Chi Minh City?
300
The Vietnamese leader that America backed
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
300
The death of several hundred unarmed Vietnamese civilians
What was the My Lai Massacre
300
The countries America invaded or supported invading during the Vietnam War
What are Laos and Cambodia?
300
The Buddhist New Year of Tet
What is January 31st, 1968?
400
The name for the South Vietnamese revolutionary party (2x points for both names)
What is the Vietcong/National Liberation Front?
400
Feared appearing soft on Communism and that it would jeopradize congressional support (Full Name)
Who was Lyndon Johnson
400
The year the Pentagon Papers were released
What is 1971?
400
The method that Buddhist monks used to protest religious restrictions
What is Self Immolation?
500
All the presidents in office during this time period (1954-1963)
Who is Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy?
500
The amount of military advisers in Vietnam at the time
What was 16000
500
The amount of time the president has until he has to consult congress after deploying armed forces
500
The date that Johnson would win an election
What was 1964?