Cause of the War
What was the name of the region that included Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia under French colonial rule?
What is French Indochina?
What was the primary goal of the Viet Minh during their fight against French colonial rule?
What is Vietnamese independence?
Which event in 1968 involved a series of surprise attacks by North Vietnamese forces during the Lunar New Year holiday?
What is the Tet Offensive?
Which U.S. resolution passed in 1964 allowed the president to use military force in Vietnam?
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
What event on April 30, 1975, marked the official end of the Vietnam War?
What is the Fall of Saigon?
Who was the leader of the Viet Minh who pushed for Vietnamese independence from French rule?
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
In which year did the Viet Minh defeat the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?
What is 1954?
What was the significance of the U.S. Embassy being attacked during the Tet Offensive?
What is it was a strategic political defeat for the United States?
What was the U.S. military strategy during the Vietnam War to combat the North Vietnamese forces and Viet Cong?
What is bombing North Vietnamese bases and providing military assistance to South Vietnam?
Which two countries, besides Vietnam, were also involved in the withdrawal of foreign troops as part of the Paris Peace Accords?
What are Laos and Cambodia?
What was the result of the First Indochina War in 1954?
What is the Geneva Accords, which temporarily divided Vietnam into North and South?
What was the name of the communist-led organization founded by Ho Chi Minh to fight for Vietnamese independence?
What is the Viet Minh, also known as the League for Independence of Vietnam?
What important treaty, signed in 1973, marked the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War?
What is the Paris Peace Accords?
How did the U.S. government justify its involvement in Vietnam to the public?
What is the domino theory, which suggested that if Vietnam fell to communism, other nations in Southeast Asia would follow?
What was the major offensive by North Vietnamese forces in March 1975 that led to the fall of Saigon?
What is the Central Highlands Offensive?
Which global conflict weakened European colonial powers, leading to the rise of nationalist movements in Vietnam?
What is World War II?
In which country did Ho Chi Minh and other exiled Vietnamese communists establish the Viet Minh?
What is China?
Which event in 1965 marked a major escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam, involving the first large-scale deployment of U.S. ground troops?
What is the U.S. ground troop deployment after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
In the early stages of U.S. involvement, what role did American military advisers play in Vietnam?
What is providing training and support to the South Vietnamese military?
Which psychological condition became widespread among U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War?
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
Which Vietnamese nationalist group was led by Ho Chi Minh and fought both the French and Japanese occupiers during World War II?
What is the Viet Minh?
The Viet Minh defeated the French at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. How did this victory influence the future of Vietnam?
What is it forced the French to grant independence to Vietnam and led to the partition of Vietnam into North and South?
The Tet Offensive was considered a military failure for the North Vietnamese, but it was a political victory. Why?
What is it significantly weakened U.S. public support for the war and shifted the perception of the U.S. involvement?
What event in 1963 led to the assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem and increased instability in South Vietnam?
What is the U.S.-backed coup against President Diem?
What was the economic impact of the Vietnam War on the United States?
What is high war costs, contributing to domestic economic strain?