Kennedy's Foreign Policy
War in Vietnam
The Vietnam Years at Home
Nixon and Vietnam
Chapter Vocab
100

When Kennedy becomes president who is the United States' rival?

Soviet Union

100

Leader of the communist forces in Vietnam?

Ho Chi Minh

100

What did most youth protest?

The Draft

100

Where did college students get shot?

Kent State University

100

Fighting with small bands of soldiers using ambush as a tactic?

Guerrilla Warfare

200

What was the name of the special forces group that Kennedy forms?

The Green Berets

200

Name the Capitals of North and South Vietnam?

Hanoi, Saigon

200

Someone whose religious or moral beliefs prevent them from fighting?

Conscientious Objector

200

What revealed that many government officials were questioning the war?

Pentagon Papers

200
A Presidential directive?

Executive Order

300
What country tested Kennedy's foreign policy first?

Cuba

300

What role did the first American soldiers fill in Vietnam?

Advisor

300

What offensive was the turning point of the war?

Tet Offensive

300

What did Nixon use to force the North to the negotiation table?

Massive Bombing Raids

300

To gradually increase?

Escalate

400

What did the Soviet's build in Germany to separate east from west Germany?

The Berlin Wall

400

What gave President Johnson broad authority to use American forces?

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

400

Which president refused to run for another term?

Johnson

400

When was the paris peace accord signed?

1973

400

Movement that rejected traditional American values?

Counter Culture

500

Who was the first person to orbit the earth?

Yuri Gagarin

500

We used two things to try to clear out jungle foliage?

Napalm, Agent Orange

500
What was Nixon's plan for Vietnam?

Peace with Honor

500

What country did Nixon secretly allow bombing in?

Cambodia

500

Plan calling for South Vietnamese troops to take over the bulk of the fighting?

Vietnamization