Reasons for War
The 17th parallel split Vietnam into these two regions as agreed at the Geneva Conference and it caused division.
What are the North and South?
The theory that a vulnerable nation would fall like a domino to communist aggression.
What is the Domino Effect?
Aimed to withdraw from Vietnam for reasons that got leaked to the media.
Who is Nixon?
This chemical among others caused injuries to civilians and turned the Vietnamese against them.
The movement that voiced opposition to the war through protests, sit-ins, and draft card burnings.
What is the anti-war movement?
Peasants opposed his leadership and wanted Ho Chi Minh to take over.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
Gave the US an excuse to escalate the war in response to a North Vietnamese attack on the US Navy in the Gulf of Tonkin.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident 1964?
Aimed to prevent domino theory and thus signed SEATO and supported the Diem regime
Who is Eisenhower?
This operation was ineffective as bombs often missed targets.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
These were leaked and shed light on lies about success in the war and led to hostility and distrust for the government.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
The nation and president that provided the Diem regime with military supplies used to oppress Viet Cong?
What is America?
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution gave President Johnson to begin this operation.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
Aimed to escalate US involvement in order to get out of the war quickly and thus began Operation Rolling Thunder.
Who is Johnson?
A public figure who opposed the war and risked prison due to his refusal to go to Vietnam.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Caused by the cost of war.
What is inflation?
The name of the group organized to resist Diem.
What is the National Liberation Front?
The organization that pledged to prevent the spread of communism in Southeast Asia and gave America justification for US involvement. Britain, France, New Zealand, Thailand, and other nations were a part of it.
What is the Southeast Asia Treaty Treaty Organization (SEATO)?
Aimed to aid France during the 1946-1954 period.
Who is Truman?
Name of the event in which US troops raided a village and killed around 300 civilians leading to distrust among civilians and undermined support for the war at home.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
A program by Johnson that could not move forward due to lack of funding.
Wat is the Great Society?
The 2 imperialist powers that invaded Vietnam and caused the formation of the Viet Minh.
What are France and Japan?
Aimed to recover Saigon.
Who is Ford?
A turning point in the war that proved America was not making progress.
What is the Tet Offensive?
At this convention, opponents of the war decided to select an anti-war presidential candidate.
What is the Democratic Party Convention?