Cold War
The Cold War is when tensions began escalating between these two superpowers
United States and Soviet Union
American POWs could only communicate with each other through this method when prison guards were near.
Tap code
This U.S. president escalated the war in Vietnam by beginning a full blown bombing campaign
Lyndon B. Johnson
The name of the trail used to transport resources from the north to the resistance groups in the south.
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Happened at the same time as this other significant movement in the U.S.
Civil Rights Movement
He survived over 600 assassination attempts from the U.S. and managed to successfully turn Cuba into a communist country.
Fidel Castro
Built by the French, POWs from both sides were kept and tortured in these contraptions.
Tiger Cages
The name of the Gulf where the U.S. claimed their ships were attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats
Gulf of Tonkin
The Viet Cong attacked numerous cities all over South Vietnam all at once during an event called the _________.
Tet Offensive
This boxer was sent to prison for refusing the draft.
Muhammad Ali
The Soviet leader during Kennedy's presidency, who instigated the Cuban Missile Crisis
Nikita Khrushchev
The most famous prison for POWs in N. Vietnam
Hanoi Hilton
Name of one of the U.S. ships that were involved in the August, 1964 incident.
USS Maddox / Turner Joy
The nickname for NVA, also known as Ho Chi Minh's men.
Viet Minh
Name an artist who produced Vietnam anti-war music.
Bob Dylan / CCR / Bruce Springsteen
Before the Cuban Missile Crisis, the United States attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro at this location through their CIA trained exiles.
Bay of Pigs
POW Jeremiah Denton communicated this word to the world by blinking to the cameras in morse code.
TORTURE
This major bombing campaign lasted from 1965-1968. It was called Operation _______ _______.
Operation Rolling Thunder
Decode these acronyms:
VC / NLF / NVA / PAVN
VIET CONG / NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT / NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY / PEOPLE'S ARMY OF VIETNAM
Four people were killed during an anti-war protest at this university.
Kent State University
The name of any of Kennedy's advisors during his presidency who guided him through all the crises he inherited, including Vietnam
Robert McNamara
Robert Kennedy
George W. Ball
Roswell Gilpatric
Llewellyn Thompson
Theodore Sorensen
Dean Rusk
C. Douglas Dillon
McGeorge Bundy
Maxwell D. Taylor
This type of bomber plane was significant in the bombing campaign.
B-52
This massacre of women, elders, and children at the village of My ___ was an example of war crimes committed by the U.S. in Vietnam.
My Lai
The name of the pro-Vietnam war song we listened to that was an opponent of the anti-war movement.
Hello Vietnam - Johnny Wright