Warfare
Election of 1968
People
Numbers
Involvement
100
Many burned themselves to death protesting Diem's treatment
What are BUDDHISTS
100
His decision to NOT run rocked the Democratic Party
Who is LYNDON JOHNSON?
100
Communist leader of North Vietnam
Who is HO CHI MINH?
100
The average age of a Vietnam soldier
What is 19?
100
Group formed to fight against the Japanese and later the French
What is VIETMINH?
200
South Vietnamese fighting against foreign occupation
What are VIETCONG?
200
He was the Democratic Dove candidate from Minnesota
Who is EUGENE McCARTHY?
200
The only soldier punished for the attack on My Lai
Who is WILLIAM CALLEY?
200
Year in which the French were defeated at Dien Bien Phu
What is 1954?
200
An "attack" on this ship caused the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What is the USS MADDOX?
300
Jellified gasoline used during the war
What is NAPALM?
300
Republican candidate
Who is RICHARD NIXON?
300
First president to send "aid" to Vietnam
Who is HARRY TRUMAN?
300
Parallel that split Vietnam into North and South
What is 17th?
300
Belief that if one country fell to communism, others around it would as well
What is the DOMINO THEORY?
400
Code name for defoliant used in Vietnam
What is AGENT ORANGE?
400
He was assassinated after the Democratic primary victory in California
Who is ROBERT KENNEDY?
400
Kennedy and Johnson's Secretary of State
Who is DEAN RUSK?
400
Approximate number of Americans who died in Vietnam (within 1000)
What is 58,272?
400
It gave the president the ability to send troops anywhere in the world if US security is threatened
What is the GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION?
500
Type of warfare used by the VC in the South
What is GUERRILLA WARFARE?
500
He was the eventual Democratic nominee for president
Who is HUBERT HUMPHREY?
500
US ambassador to Vietnam who allowed the coup that overthrew Ngo Dinh Diem
Who is HENRY CABOT LODGE?
500
Number of presidents dealing with the Vietnam conflict
What is 6?
500
Split Vietnam and set up elections to be held in 1956, they weren't
What is the GENEVA ACCORDS?
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