Key Terms
When major countries use smaller countries conflicts to fight each other rather than direct fighting.
Proxy War
Who was the President who escalated the war after the Tonkin Gulf incident?
Lyndon Johnson
This allowed Lyndon Johnson to begin a war without asking Congress for permission
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
The Most famous Civil Rights leader who supported non-violent protest
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Vietnam War was part of what larger war?
The Cold War
The jellied compound mixed with gasoline to create a firebomb
Napalm
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
This was the coordinated surprise attack by the North Vietnamese in 1968 that turned public opinion away from the war
The Tet Offensive
A civil rights leader who originally supported civil rights by any means necessary but was later assassinated
Malcolm X
What was the closest that the U.S. ever came to Nuclear War?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The spray that was dropped from U.S. Planes to take the leaves off trees
Agent Orange
Who was the Secretary of Defence for JFK and Lyndon Johnson?
Robert McNamara
What incident began direct American involvement in the war
The Tonkin Gulf Incident
Brown V. Board of Education ended segregation where?
Public Schools
This was built to keep people from the 'Brain Drain'
The Berlin Wall
This was the theory that if one small country would fall to Communism, then all the small countries would
Domino Theory
Which President wanted to end the war with 'Peace with Honor'
Richard Nixon
This was when several student protestors were shot and killed by the National Guard in Ohio
Kent State
De Facto Segregation is
Segregation by Practice and Custom
This was the failed CIA operation to take over Cuba
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
This was the strategy used by the United States to fight communism by stopping it from growing but not fighting it directly
Containment
Who was the lead General for the U.S. during the first years of the Vietnam War?
General William Westmorland
This was one of the darkest moments of the War when U.S. soldiers killed 400 civilians and then tried to cover up the event
The Mai Lai Massacre
Who were the Little Rock Nine?
Nine African-American students who attended Little Rock High School after Brown v. Board of Education that were guarded by the 101st Airborne
This was a war fought before Vietnam in the 1950s that was very similar but had a different outcome
The Korean War