US Involvement
A war between North and South Vietnam over the struggle of communism
What is the Vietnam war?
The chemical agent used by the US to destroy large swaths of jungle.
Agent Orange
Who did US help after WW II in efforts to keep control of Vietnam?
France
President who used the Tonkin Gulf incident as an excuse to deepen US involvement in the Vietnam War
Lyndon Johnson
Americans who supported strong US military efforts in Vietnam
Hawks
What was the US's main goal in Vietnam?
To stop the spread of communism.
What enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnamese forces that were supported by American troops
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
US president responsible for the Vietnamization of the war
Richard Nixon
Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act?
to limit the president's authority to wage war
Served as the commander of US troops in Vietnam?
Westmoreland
What is it called when there is a belief that if one country falls to communism, other regions will fall too?
Domino Theory
Communist leader of the Vietnamese struggle against the French, the Japanese, and the Americans
Ho Chi Minh
required enrollment in the armed services
What is the draft?
Those who strongly opposed the war and believed the U.S. should withdraw
What is a dove?
A gasoline-based bomb that set fire to the jungle
What is napalm?
Vietcong launched an overwhelming attack on over 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam
What is the Tet Offensive?
political organization whose goal was to win Vietnam's independence from foreign rule
Vietminh
__________ was founded by Tom Hayden and Al Haber, was the organization that popularized the "New Left" movement among college students
Students for a Democratic Society
What was Martin Luther King's opinion about African American troops in the Vietnam War?
He believed it was unfair that they were fighting for a country that treated them unfairly at home.
The alleged attack on the USS Maddox
What is the Tonkin Gulf Incident?
What set off the first general student strike in US history?
The invasion of Cambodia
South Vietnamese citizens who fought against the South Vietnamese government and American forces
Vietcong
The famous boxer who refused to be drafted into the armed forces and was stripped of his titles and boxing license
Muhammad Ali
An agreement that divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel
What is the Geneva Accords?