Early Vietnam
Who was the communist revolutionary who led an independence movement to free Vietnam from French control?
Reed
Ho Chi Minh
Who did the United States ally with in Vietnam?
Zach
The ARVN (South Vietnamese Army)
How many were injured and killed during the Kent State shooting?
Carson
4 killed, 9 wounded
What was Nixon's plan to get out of Vietnam?
Elijah
With Honor
What is CREEP?
Levi
The Committee to Re-Elect the President
What happened to Vietnam in 1954 at the Geneva Conference?
Elliot
Vietnam is divided at the 17th parallel.
The Vietcong was given the nickname what?
Paxton
Charlie
Why were students at Kent State protesting?
Pearce
Nixon's bombing of Cambadia
What was "Vietnamization"?
Drew
The gradual removal of all U.S. troops from Vietnam
What happened on June 16, 1972, at the Watergate Hotel?
Colson
CREEP members were caught tapping phones and stealing documents
Diem (the leader of South Vietnam) is highly unpopular with which two groups?
Anna
Buddhists and peasants, because they support the Vietcong.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
Claire
U.S. Troops found a village with only women and children. Lt. William Calley ordered everyone to be shot and the village to be burned.
Laos and Cambodia were what kind of countries during the Vietnam War?
Ava
Neutral
How does Nixon escalate the war?
Mariah
By bombing North Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
Who exposed the Watergate Scandal?
Sakira
Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
What was the Vietcong?
Hudson
Communist "guerrilla fighters" in South Vietnam who opposed U.S. interference.
Who attacked during the Tet Offensive?
Anthony
The Vietcong launched an attack on every base and major city in South Vietnam.
How were veterans of Vietnam treated when they came back home?
Sydney
Had trouble adjusting to normal life, they were unwelcome, and they had severe PTSD
How much money did the United States agree to pay for Vietnam?
Will
$4 Billion
Who was Nixon's VP who resigned? Who becomes the new VP?
Lynna
Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
What is the Gulf og Tonkin Resolution?
Livi
LBJ is given COMPLETE authority over Vietnam without the need to declare war.
Billions of dollars spent, thousands of troops, mandatory military draft.
What were some of the tactics used by the U.S. in Vietnam? Name Two
Avery
Search and destroy
Saturation bombing
Tunnel rats
Angent Orange
Napalm
What is unique about the Vietnam Memorial?
Bryant
It's a black gash of shame, tombstone-like, lacks patriotism.
When did South Vietnam fall to communism? Where are South Vietnamese citizens sent?
1975
Reeducation camps
After the Supreme Court subpoenaed Nixon's tapes, what did they not find? This causes Nixon to do what?
18 1/2 minutes of missing conversations
Resigns on August 9, 1974