Vietnam War
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 1969 music festival in upstate New York became a symbol of the counterculture, peace, and anti-war protest—despite drawing far more than the expected 50,000 people.
What is Woodstock?
What is Agent Orange?
Ratified in 1971, this constitutional amendment lowered the voting age for Americans, fueled in part by the argument, “Old enough to fight, old enough to vote.”
What is the 26th Amendment?
Who is the President that coined the term "silent majority"?
Who is Richard Nixon?
A holiday in Vietnam that is traditionally a time of peace
Tet
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)
This term described the growing distrust between the American public and government officials during the Vietnam War, especially over how the war’s progress was reported.
Credibility Gap
Type of warfare fought by the Vietcong in South Vietnam?
What is guerrilla warfare
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?
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 country controlled Vietnam as a colony since until 1954.
What is France?
The anti-war candidate for the 1968 election who was assassinated during a campaign event
Robert Kennedy
During the Vietnam War, Americans were often divided into these two groups—one favoring peace and withdrawal, the other supporting increased military action to win the war.
What are the Doves and the Hawks.
Vietnam was split into two countries (North Vietnam and South Vietnam) at which parallel?
What is the 17th parallel?
This U.S. senator and presidential candidate was assassinated in June 1968 shortly after winning the California Democratic primary, deepening national turmoil during an already turbulent year.
Who is Robert F. Kennedy?
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?
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
This piece of legislation severely limited the President's powers when it came to utilizing the military
What is the War Powers Act?
A company of American soldiers brutally killed mostly women, children, and the elderly in this village on March 16, 1968
What is My Lai?
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?