Start of the War
U.S. policy towards Vietnam
What was the containment of communism
Herbicide, defoliant to destroy jungle or crops
What is Agent Orange?
Group of people in the U.S. against the war
Who were the doves?
Leader of the communist forces in North Vietnam
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
"Vietnamization" policy
What was the U.S. strategy of transferring combat roles to South Vietnamese (removing U.S. soldiers)?
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
What was the alleged attack on U.S. ships that escalated the war?
Operation Rolling Thunder
What was an intensive bombing campaign, aimed to weaken North Vietnam?
Often unsupported, blamed for war, hurt or traumatized
What are Vietnam Veterans?
Landscape of Vietnam
What were dense jungles/forests?
What were the Paris Peace Accords?
Geneva Accords
What temporarily divided Vietnam into communist North and democratic/capitalist South?
Plan of herbicidal warfare, aimed to destroy crops and vegetation that hid Viet Cong
What was Operation Ranch Hand?
U.S. leader escalated the war in Vietnam
Who was President Lyndon B. Johnson?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
What was the supply route for North Vietnamese troops in South Vietnam?
Last event of the Vietnam War
What was the Fall of Saigon (North Vietnamese victory)?
Strategy of sending military advisors and going on secret missions
What was a "limited" war?
Bonus: how is guerrilla war similar/different?
Tet Offensive
What was a massive Viet Cong and North Vietnamese assault during a holiday ceasefire?
BONUS: How did this affect public opinion on the war in the U.S.?
Secret documents about U.S. involvement in Vietnam, leaked to press
What were the Pentagon Papers?
South Vietnamese leader, faced corruption allegations, assassinated.
Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?
Lasting legacies of the war
What are social upheaval, environmental damage, geopolitical realignments, or the spread of communism?
Start of U.S. involvement in Vietnam
What were the French colonial withdrawal and Vietnamese independence struggle?
Significance of the My Lai Massacre
What was a mass killing of civilians that exposed the brutality of war?
Feeling of distrust or disappointment, often toward the government
What is disillusionment?
System of selection for military service
What was the draft?
BONUS: Was it fair or unfair and why?
Impact of the Vietnam War on Laos and Cambodia
What were extensive bombing, destabilization, or suffering from neighboring conflict?