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Who am I?
Name that place
What is that?
Do you want to fight?
Miscellanious
100
I was elected President in 1968.
Who is Richard Nixon
100
Failed U.S. attempt to overthrow Cuba's Communist leader
What is the Bay of Pigs invasion?
100
Belief that if a country fell to communism, nearby countries would follow.
What is the domino theory.
100
1962 confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union caused by Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
What is Cuban missile crisis?
100
Constitutional amendment passed in 1971 that lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
What is twenty-sixth amendment?
200
We are opposed to the war in Vietnam.
Who are the doves?
200
Secret route used by North Vietnamese to send troops and supplies to Viet Cong.
What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
200
System of government in which the state plans and controls the economy.
What is communism?
200
Surprise communist attack on U.S. and South Vietnamese forces in 1968 further weakened America's support of the war.
What is Tet offence?
200
A place where people or families live together and share everything.
What is a commune?
300
I commanded the U.S. troops in South Vietnam.
Who is General William Westmoreland?
300
Country bordering Vietnam.
What is Cambodia?
300
Surprise attacks by small bands of fighters.
What is guerrilla warfare?
300
Policy increasing military involvement in Vietnam.
What is escalation?
300
South Vietnamese who fought to overthrow the Diem government and reunite the country under communist rule.
What is Viet Cong?
400
We were supporters of the Vietnam War.
Who are hawks?
400
The French controlled colonies of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
What is French Indochina?
400
Chemical that kills plants; used in Vietnam to expose Viet Cong hideouts.
What is agent orange?
400
1964 legislation that gave President Johnson the power to use military force in Vietnam.
What is Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
400
Small band of fighters who weaken the enemy with surprise raids in hit-and-run attacks.
What is guerillas?
500
I was the leader of South Vietnam.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
500
Ngo Dinh Diem was the prime minister and later president of this place.
What is South Vietnam?
500
Jelled gasoline that burns violently; used to destory vegetation and as a weapon.
What is napalm?
500
An unexpected attack from a hidden position.
What is an ambush?
500
Legislation passed in 1973 to limit the president'a war making powers.
What is the War Power Act?