Vietnam War
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?
True or False: The citizens of the United States fully backed the war effort in Vietnam.
False
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?
What are the Pentagon Papers?
South Vietnamese communists who rebelled against the South Vietnamese government; the military
What is Viet Cong?
Name of the US President that sent the first combat troops over to fight in Vietnam.
Who is LBJ
Cambodia was communist after the Vietnam War. True or False?
True
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?
Who won the Vietnam War?
What is North Vietnam?
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
The chief negotiator responsible for most of the negotiation with North Vietnam during the Nixon Administration
Who is Henry Kissinger?
The war between the French and the North Vietnamese
What is the French Indochina War?
Served as an oppressive President of South Vietnam from 1955 until he was captured and assassinated during the 1963 military coup
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
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?
How were men selected for the draft?
What is the birth date lottery system?
This piece of legislation severely limited the President's powers when it came to utilizing the military
What is the War Powers Act?
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?
Coordinated series of North Vietnamese attacks on more than 100 cities and outposts in South Vietnam
What is the Tet Offensive?
What is containing communism?
DAILY DOUBLE
America's Ally in the Vietnam War
Who are the ARVN? (South Vietnam)
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam
The shooting 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?