Vietnam War
This term was coined by President Richard Nixon and refers to the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops in order for the South Vietnamese to take on a more active combat role in the war
What is Vietnamization?
This weapon was made out of a mixture of a jellied substance and a burning substance.
What is napalm?
What is Agent Orange?
The anti-war candidate for the 1968 election who was assassinated during a campaign event
Robert Kennedy
Who is the President that coined the term "silent majority"?
Who is Richard Nixon?
A company of American soldiers brutally killed mostly women, children, and the elderly in this village on March 16, 1968
What is My Lai?
What was the name of the leaked government documents that were posted by the New York Times?
Who is the Pentagon Papers?
Rebel leader who demanded independence for Vietnam and led a communist movement
Ho Chi Minh (Uncle Ho)
Name of the US President that sent the first combat troops over to fight in Vietnam.
Who is LBJ
The Chinese invited Americans to play what sport during their visit to China?
Ping-Pong
This term refers to the offensive military operations undertaken by United States combat units in Vietnam to find and neutralize the enemy, especially when the enemy's strength and disposition had not been fixed precisely.
What are Search and Destroy Missions?
A holiday in Vietnam that is traditionally a time of peace
Tet
This country controlled Vietnam as a colony since the 1800s.
What is France?
What is the name of the trail that the North Vietnam Army used to send supplies to the Vietcong?
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Type of warfare fought by the Vietcong in South Vietnam?
What is guerrilla warfare
Vietnam was split into two countries (North Vietnam and South Vietnam) at which parallel?
What is the 17th parallel?
Served as President Nixon's National Security Advisor
Who is Henry Kissinger
This authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
President who sent advisors to Vietnam
JFK
This piece of legislation severely limited the President's powers when it came to utilizing the military
What is the War Powers Act?
This term refers to the belief that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow
What is the Domino Theory?
This event was a coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam
What is the Tet Offensive?
The winner of the 1968 Presidential election
Richard Nixon
Campaign of systematic bombing of North Vietnam. This bombing would continue off and on for the next seven years.
What is Rolling Thunder?
The massacre at this location highlighted President Nixon's desire to keep "Law and Order" domestically in the face of public opposition to the Vietnam War
Where is Kent State?