Background Info
The name of North Vietnamese soldiers who used Guerilla Warfare tactics to ambush U.S. troops in the jungles of Vietnam
Terms used to describe citizens who were for and against the war.
What are Hawks and Doves?
Leader of North Vietnam
Who is Ho Chi Mihn?
This political ideology's response to the 1960s counterculture included a push for "law and order," traditional family values, and support for U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.
What is the Conservative response
What was the name of the process where US soldiers were selected to fight in Vietnam?
What is the Draft
In the beginning stages of the war, this president increased the military advisers to Vietnam to around 16,000.
Who is President John F. Kennedy
Published in 1963, this groundbreaking book by Betty Friedan challenged the notion that women could find fulfillment only through homemaking and motherhood.
What is the Feminine mystique
North Vietnam's communists soldiers used this style of fighting to combat the superior US military
What is Guerilla Warfare
was a sustained bombing campaign conducted by the United States against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, lasting from March 1965 to November 1968.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder
A social movement primarily led by white, middle-class youth who rejected mainstream American values, especially
What is the Counterculture movement
President _______ began dispatching tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers to fight in Vietnam in 1965
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson
This term described the growing public distrust in the U.S. government during the Vietnam War, as official statements increasingly conflicted with what Americans saw on the news.
What is the Credibility Gap
The name for the line that divides North and South Vietnam
What is the DMZ
He led non-communist South Vietnam until he was assassinated.
Whois Ngo Din Diem?
This 1963 crisis involved widespread protests by Buddhists in South Vietnam against the U.S.-backed Diem regime, known for its religious discrimination and brutal crackdowns.
What is the Buddhist Crisis
Young political party that believed that problems such as poverty and racism called for radical changes.
What is the New Left?
This U.S. President was elected in 1969 and began the US policy of Vietnamization (pulling troops out of Vietnam) and effectively ended the war
Who is President Richard Nixon
This military strategy, adopted under President Kennedy, aimed to provide the U.S. with a range of options—beyond just nuclear weapons—to respond to communist threats, including in Vietnam.
What is Flexible Response