U.S. Involvement
Words and People
True or False
True or False II
100
If South Vietnam fell to the communists other countries in Southeast Asia would fall like a row of dominoes.
What is Domino Theory?
100
Are fighters who use hit-and-run attacks
What are guerrillas?
100
True or False: Back then Vietnam not a French colony.
False? It was a French colony.
100
True or False? People later found that gent Orange was a dangerous chemical.
True? Agent Orange would cause serious defects and cancer.
200
This allowed the President "to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack or to prevent further aggression.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
200
This means "to increase."
What is escalate?
200
True or False? Was it hard for U.S. soldiers to know who were North Vietnamese soldiers
True? While fighting it was hard for U.S. soldiers to know who were they fighting.
200
True or False: Music was a form of protest during the Vietnam War.
True? Music did become a popular form of protest. One protest song was "War" by Edwin Starr.
300
This was the first attack in Vietnam when North Vietnamese torpedoed American ships.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin?
300
This man has experienced some of the challenges of jugle warfare.
Who is Thomas Bird?
300
True or False? Nets were one of the traps in the Vietnam War.
False? Some were sharpened bamboo, land mines, and jungle attacks.
300
True or False: President Clinton was the Vice President during President Johnson was in office and later became President.
False? President Nixon was the Vice President.
400
President Johnson had sent more than half million troops to fight.
What is the Vietnam War?
400
This was another name for North Vietnamese soldiers.
What is V.C., Vietcong, or "Charlie?"
400
True or False? Napalm and Agent Orange were weapons that were used in the Vietnam War.
True? Napalm and Agent Orange were mostly to take down the trees and plants to make things easier for U.S. troops.
400
True or False: The Vietnam War goes into Cambodia.
True? Since Cambodia was a neighboring country the Vietnam War spills into Cambodia.
500
Johnson relied on this for raising troops.
What is the draft?
500
This President promised to withdraw all American troops from Vietnam.
What is President Nixon?
500
True or False? Draft Cards were not part of one of the protests during the Vietnam War.
False? They were part of protests during the Vietnam War. If you burned them, this would be considered a crime.
500
True or False: On July 4, 1975 South Vietnam surrendered.
False? The date was April 30, 1975.
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