People
Who was the communist option for leader in Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Where did the US fight during this war?
Vietnam
What was one style of fighting that the Vietcong used?
Gorilla Wafare
What was the main reason America sent troops to Vietnam?
France needed our help
When was Vietnam divided between North and South?
Who was the democratic option for Leader?
Ngo Dinh Diem
Very wet, and rainy
What was the domino theory?
If one SE Asian country fell to communism they all would.
What was another reason America sent troops to Vietnam?
January 25, 1969
What two people would face off in the Vietnam election at this time?
Ho Chi Minh and Ngo Dinh Diem
What was the atmosphere like in Vietnam?
Humid and Hot
What was Search and Destroy?
The Americans needed to search carefully to find the Vietcong.
What was the reason the french were going to war?
Japan took Vietnam from them
When did the war end?
1975
Who was the person we talked about in class that didn't want to go to war but he was forced to?
Mike Troyer
Where in the world did people not want to fight?
Americans didn't want to fight
What was the Bloody Stalemate?
When most vietnamese people were brutally bashed.
Why did some Americans not want to go to war?
French left and it wasn't our war to fight
When did Vietnam become communist?
July 2, 1976
Who was the president of the US at this time?
Lyndon B Johnson.
Where did most fighting take place?
In the woods/villiages
What was Agent Orange?
It was something that would clear out villages and forrest all across Vietnam.
Why did the war take longer than we thought?
The Vietcong was very shifty and were always hidden.
When did the US send troops?