Vocabulary
This is the country in Southeast Asia that we studied this unit.
What is Vietnam?
This country supported South Vietnam.
What/Who is the United States?
True or False: All Americans knew exactly why we were involved in the Vietnam War and completely supported it.
What is FASLE?
This is the side that won the war.
Who/What is North Vietnam?
The leader of this country did NOT want the U.S. to send troops to support South Vietnam.
Who/What is Russia?
In this type of government, the citizens vote for their leaders.
What is democracy?
This country supported North Vietnam.
What/Who is the Soviet Union?
Fill in the blanks: ___________, who had just finished fighting in WWII and knew how horrible was was, didn't want to see their ______ go fight in a new war.
What is/Who is FATHERS and SONS?
This group was 10x more likely to die in combat than American soldiers and was in great danger once the war was over and the U.S. left.
Who are Hmong people?
The Leader of this country did NOT want communism to spread but also didn't love the idea of entering a war.
Who/What is the United States?
The goal of this type of government is to get rid of social classes by making everything equal.
What is communism?
This is the reason North and South Vietnam went to war.
What is... N.V. wanted the country to become Communist and S.V. wanted the country to become Democratic.
^Anything similar counts as correct
This person is famous for being a draft dodger as well as a champion boxer.
Who is Muhammed Ali?
The Vietnam War ended with North Vietnam captured this capitol city in South Vietnam.
What is Saigon?
This person was worried that his community's way of life would change and they might lose their independence if communism takes over in Vietnam.
Who is the Hmong Farmer?
Who are Hmong People?
This group of people originally lived in the mountains of Southeast Asia.
Who are Hmong People?
This is used in times of war and requires all men ages 18-25 to sign up and be ready to go to war.
What is the draft?
This is how Americans were able to see for themselves how horrible the Vietnam was was.
What/How is on TV?
This is the year the US pulled all their troops out of Vietnam.
When/What is 1975?
This role was conflicted because they wanted to support their country but were confused as to why their country was involved.
Who is the U.S. Citizen?
This word is the OPPOSITE of kicking someone out.
What is recruit?
The United States initially sent ___________ to South Vietnam, before sending troops shortly after.
What are Advisors?
This is an example of how people would avoid (or lie to get out of) the draft.
What is say they have flat feet, asthma, bad eyesight, in college, etc?
This is why the United States pulled their troops out of Vietnam.
What is they knew they were going to lose?
This person believes the United States should let Vietnam decide their own future and stay out. They do not belong there.
Who is a North Vietnam Soldier?