Buildup to the Vietnam War
This South Vietnam rebel group conducted guerrilla warfare with the goals of making all of Vietnam communist.
The Vietcong
True or False: The Vietcong would hide in the jungle at night, and attack during the day.
FALSE (Correct = They would hide during the day, attack at night)
This Amendment was passed due to the anti-war cry "old enough to fight, old enough to vote.", lowering the voting age to 18.
26th Amendment
This was the policy of removing US troops and slowly replacing them with South Vietnamese soldiers.
Vietnamization
This President chose not to run for a second term due to backlash over the Vietnam War and his lack of honesty with the American people.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Fear that if one Southeast Asian nation fell to communism, others would also fall.
Domino Theory
This surprise attack of the North Vietnamese on key Southern cities during Lunar New Year was conducted with hopes of ending the stalemate.
Tet Offensive
Violence between students and National guardsmen at this university brought more attention to the anti-war cause with the death of four students.
Kent State University
What happened in Vietnam after the end of the war?
The Communists gained full control over all of Vietnam by 1975; Vietnam became a unified Communist country.
This man was the U.S President at the end of the Vietnam War, though he made some violent choices along the way.
Richard Nixon
In 1954, the US and 7 other nations formed this organization to stop the spread of communism in Southeast Asia.
Explain the Vietcong military strategy during the war.
- Surprise attacks/ambushes
- Booby-traps
- Tunnels in the jungle
- Guerrilla Warfare
Describe the "Doves" and the "Hawks".
The "Doves" were anti-war, while the "Hawks" supported U.S involvement in Vietnam.
Frustrated by the circumstances of the war in Vietnam, this massacre of 400-500 unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S troops added fuel to the burning antiwar fire.
This leader of North Vietnam wanted to see all of Vietnam united under Communism.
Ho Chi Minh
This European country held Vietnam (and Indochina) as part of their imperial power until 1954.
France
Explain the American miitary strategies during the war.
- Operation Rolling Thunder
- Napalm
- Agent Orange
- Conventional Warfare
This term describes the strong difference in what the Johnson Administration was reporting about the Vietnam War versus the news/media.
Credibility Gap
Why did the United States invade Cambodia?
Nixon was tired of the slow pace of negotiations and decided to order ground attacks on communist bases in Cambodia. Nixon also hoped to aid the pro American Cambodian government.
This antiwar candidate for the 1968 Democratic Party presidential nomination who was assassinated.
Robert Kennedy
What impact did the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution have on the United States?
What were the results of the Tet Offensive?
The United States won, but morale plummeted and Johnson lost the respect of the American people, causing him to not run for another term.
These classified U.S government papers about U.S involvement in the Vietnam War were leaked to the New York Times in 1971, leading to strong distrust of the new U.S government.
The Pentagon Papers
What decisions were made at the Paris Peace Accords of 1973?
The US would withdraw troops from Vietnam.
POW’s would be exchanged.
National Liberation Front (Vietcong) would become a legitimate political party in South Vietnam.
South Vietnam’s government would remain in power.
This leader of South Vietnam, due to his attempted genocide of the Buddhist population and imposition of martial law, was assassinated by the CIA.
Ngo Dinh Diem