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This country colonized Vietnam in the late 1800s.
What is France?
This U.S. president saw his popularity plummet after the Tet Offensive in 1968.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
According to Peter, Paul, and Mary, the answer is doing this action.
What is "Blowing in the Wind"?
This election year was a key turning point in the war.
What is 1968?
This Communist opposition group launched guerilla-style attacks in South Vietnam.
What are the Vietcong?
This country took control of Vietnam during World War II.
What is Japan?
He was the president when the Vietnam War ended.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Creedence Clearwater Revival states that they are NOT this.
What is "Fortunate Son"?
This 1954 agreement split Vietnam into a temporary north and south.
What are the Geneva Accords?
This theory holds that allowing one country to fall to Communism will lead other countries to follow.
What is domino theory?
This region of Vietnam was controlled by Communists after the 1954 Geneva Accords.
What is North Vietnam?
Living in many different countries and known by several names, this North Vietnamese leader also helped found the Vietminh.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Barry McGuire warns listeners that it's the eve of this event.
What is destruction?
Four students at this university were killed by the National Guard while protesting against the war.
What is Kent State University?
This chemical, used by the U.S. to destroy vegetation in the Vietnamese countryside, leads to cancer and birth defects.
What is Agent Orange?
This region of Vietnam was controlled by anti-Communist nationalists after the 1954 Geneva Accords.
What is South Vietnam?
This South Vietnamese leader was overthrown and killed just a few weeks before President Kennedy's assassination.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
Pete Seeger says we should do this with the troops.
What is "Bring 'Em Home"?
This attack, occurring during the Vietnamese lunar new year, shocked Americans.
What is the Tet Offensive?
President Nixon pursued this policy, which called for the gradual withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
Alleged attacks on the USS Maddox by North Vietnamese ships in this area led to increased hostilities between the U.S. and Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
Guided by his "domino theory", this president sent aid to the French as they attempted to regain control of Vietnam after WWII.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Edwin Starr says war is good for this.
What is nothing?
The Geneva Accords stated that this event was supposed to take place in 1956.
What is a general election?
This 1973 law limited the president's war-making abilities.
What is the War Powers Act?