Origins of the War
U.S. Involvement Grows
War Divides America
War's End & Impact
Potporri
100
European imperial power that dominated Indochina for most of the 19th century
What is France?
100
American commander in South Vietnam who supported Operation Rolling Thunder
Who is General Westmoreland?
100
in accordance with this, the U.S. government drafted more than 1/5 million men into military service
What is the Selective Service Act?
100
1971 NY Times article referring to classified government history of America's involvement in Vietnam
What are the Pentagon Papers?
100
name for Vietnam under French imperial era
What is Indochina?
200
became most important voice demanding Indochina's independence from France
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
200
jellied gasoline dropped in large canisters that exploded on impact, covering large areas in flames
What is napalm?
200
civil rights leader who spoke out against the war, claiming that most of the burden was being shouldered by African Americans
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
200
1973 agreement between N. Vietnam, S. Vietnam, U.S., and Vietcong for a cease-fire and U.S. troop withdrawl
What are the Paris Peace Accords?
200
two student anti-war demonstrators were killed at this predominately African American college in Mississippi in 1970
What is Jackson State University?
300
idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, Laos and Cambodia would follow
What is the domino theory?
300
nickname given to Senators & congressmen who supported Johnson's war policies
What are hawks?
300
coordinated assault on 36 provincial capitals and 5 major cities, as well as the U.S. embassy in Saidgon
What is the Tet Offensive?
300
South Vietnamese capital that fell to communist forces in 1975
What is Saigon?
300
Nixon's plan for gradual withdrawl of U.S. forces as South Vietnamese soldiers assumed more combat duties
What is Vietnamization?
400
South Vietnamese communist rebels that waged guerilla war against South Vietnam
What is/are the Vietcong?
400
U.S. Senators and Congressmen who OPPOSED Johnson's war policies
Whare doves?
400
American forces searching for enemy troops open fire and kill unarmed Vietnamese civilians in 1968
What is the My Lai Massacre?
400
congressional attempt to check unilateral formation of American foreign policy
What is the War Powers Act?
400
herbicide used in Vietnam war by U.S. forces meant to kill plant life
What is Agent Orange?
500
authorized President Johnson to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the U.S....."
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
500
collective security organization established to combat communism in Southeast Asia
What is SEATO?
500
U.S. National Guard opens fire on student anti-war protestors at this Ohio University
What is Kent State?
500
Communist regime that emerged in Cambodia following the Vietnam war
What is the Khmer Rouge?
500
Five U.S. Presidents who maintained U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam (in order).
Who are Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon?
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