name for the guerilla fighting force (primarily composed of South Vietnamese communist fighters) who fought against the South Vietnamese and the US forces during the war.
Viet Cong
a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against North Vietnam
Operation Rolling Thunder
Who always said "Life's like a box of chocolate. You never know what you're gonna get"
Momma or Forest's Momma
The man who is said to have assassinated JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
This term primarily referred to the power asserted by Presidents LBJ and Nixon to withhold information related to the war from congress.
Executive Privilege
The movement form the early 60's through the 70's, categorized a group of people know as "hippies" who opposed the war in Vietnam, commercialism and overall establishment of societal norms
Counter Culutre Movement
The man who would win the presidential election of 1968 and later be impeached.
Richard Nixon
These papers were leaked and showed that every presidential administration from Harry Truman's to Lyndon Johnson's had misled the American public about what the United States was doing in Vietnam and the likelihood of military success there.
Pentagon Papers
a series of of domestic programs enacted by LBJ in the US from 1964-1968, with the goals of totally eliminating poverty and racial injustice
The Great Society
event where members of a group associated with Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters to steal campaign plans and plant listening devices
Watergate Scandal
Name of the man who got the assassination of JFK on film.
Hint: Frame 313
Zapruder
This term referred to fighting poverty in the US in relation to the Great Society Programs.
The War on Poverty
Domino Theory
a series of coordinated attacks by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces during the Vietnamese New Year in January 1968, was a turning point in the Vietnam War, though a military defeat for the North, it significantly eroded American public support for the war
The Tet Offensive
Gerald Ford
This act ensured that the president would consult congress before committing troops in extended conflicts
War Powers Act
Vietnamization
the event where unarmed Vietnamese civilians were massacred by U.S. troops
the My Lai Massacre
Special Assistant for National Security Affairs who would be the negotiator with North Vietnam
Kissinger
This trail was a network of roads and paths that connected North Vietnam to South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia during the Vietnam War. It was a vital supply route for the North Vietnamese and their allies.
Ho Chi Minh Trail