Road to War
Vietnam
On the Battlefield
Vocab
Who's Who?
100
This country had Vietnam as a colony starting in the 1800s.
France
100
A surprise attack by the North Vietnamese during the New Year.
Tet
100
Congress tried to limit the President’s ability to make war by passing this Act.
war powers act
100
Chemical used to kill plants and was supposed to make jungle fighting easier.
defoliant ... also agent orange
100
He declared independence from colonial rule and became the leader of North Vietnam.
H.C. Minh
200
Peace agreement that if followed in 1956 could have avoided the Vietnam War.
Geneva Accords
200
US commander in South Vietnam, called for more troops
W. Westmoreland
200
In 1975, the North Vietnamese finally conquered the capitol of S. Vietnam called
saigon
200
The plan that meant the American troops would train the South Vietnamese to fight their own war.
Vietnamization
200
North Vietnam sympathizers living in South Vietnam.
VC (vietcong)
300
This gave President Johnson military powers in Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
300
This ship had been in the Gulf of Tonkin to collect information for secret raids against NV.
Maddox
300
True or False? The peace agreement between N and S Vietnam allowed NV troops could stay in SV.
True
300
Irregular fighting that used ambushing
Guerrilla
300
The leader of South Vietnam when the war ended
THIEU
400
This anti-Communist South Vietnam president canceled elections that were supposed to unify Vietnam
Diem
400
The mountain town the Vietminh captured to force out the French.
Dien Bien Phu
400
Nixon attacked this neutral nation as Vietcong military bases were located here
Cambodia
400
the belief that as the # of Vietcong deaths rose, the Vietcong would eventually surrender
attrition
400
Nixon’s National Security Adviser who helped Nixon think of ways get our troops out of Vietnam
Kissinger
500
The Geneva Accords said there must be an election to unite Vietnam in the future, but for now, Vietnam will be divided in 2 at THIS boundary line
17th Parallel
500
The year a peace deal was signed and all American combat troops came home
1973
500
A system in which the gov't holds total power and private property is forbidden.
Communism
500
When Americans began to lose trust in their gov't and the war: the ______ gap
credibility gap
500
The 3rd party candidate who split the democratic vote and caused Nixon to win in 1968
G. Wallace
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