North Vietnam
Who was the leader of North Vietnam?
Who helped support South Vietnam?
The U.S.
When did the Vietnam war end?
1975
When did the U.S. first send troops and not advisors to Vietnam?
1965
What is it called when young men are forced to join the military?
A draft
What kind of party was North Vietnam?
Communist
Who was the leader of South Vietnam?
Ngo Dinh Diem
What year did the Vietnam war begin?
1955
Who was the U.S. president that was elected around the middle of the Vietnam war?
Richard Nixon
How did one legally escape a draft?
Being a college student
What was the North Vietnamese goal?
To unite North and South Vietnam as one communist country.
What was the capital city of South Vietnam?
Saigon
Who became president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Lyndon B. Johnson
List at least three reasons Americans opposed the war.
Possible answers: Class warfare, racial inequality, didn't understand why we were there, didn't like being lied to, moral reasons, media coverage, didn't want to be drafted
What were the nicknames of the groups that supported and opposed the war?
Hawks (support) and Doves (against)
What is the domino theory?
The belief that if Vietnam became communist, other Southeast Asian countries would also become communist.
Why did many Vietnamese immigrate to America during and after the war?
They were trying to escape the violence, communism, or the North Vietnamese.
What were the tactics that the North Vietnam soldiers used to successfully attack U.S. soldiers.
Guerrilla tactics or hit-and-run tactics
What was the name of the event that took place on the Vietnamese new year in which the North Vietnamese army attacked US forces by surprise.
Tet Offensive
What was Nixson's program called that would gradually withdraw US troops from Vietnam while training the Veitnamese?
Vietnamization
What was the terrain like in Vietnam?
Much of the land was covered with jungles and rice paddies
Why was Ngo Dinh Diem such an unpopular leader?
Due to the corruption of his government and his persecution of Buddhists.
Acceptable answers discuss: poor objectives, American unhappiness with the war, North Vietnamese refusal to surrender, etc.
What was the name of the resolution passed by Congress that allowed troops to go to Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Why was Vietnam called the Living Room War?
Because Americans were getting nightly reports on their televisions in their living rooms (unlike WWII)