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In Vietnam
At Home
The People
That's Proper
100
Not a hawk
What is a dove?
100
European country that once ruled Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
What is France?
100
a way of life different from the generally accepted culture
What is a counterculture?
100
US President who chose not to run for re-election in 1968
Who is Lyndon Baines Johnson? (LBJ)
100
the Communist guerilla forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Who are the Vietcong?
200
a commonly used term in the 1960s and 1970s to describe a young person who rejected conventional standards of dress and behavior
What is a hippie?
200
the part of Vietnam supported by the United States
What is South Vietnam?
200
His assassination in Memphis in 1968 set off race riots in many cities.
Who is Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
200
America's top general in Vietnam
Who is General William Westmoreland?
200
a Communist group formed in Vietnam during World War II to promote independence
Who are the Vietminh?
300
a war in which each side tries to wear down its opponent
What is a war of attrition?
300
US destroyer attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin
What is the USS Maddox?
300
Congress passed this resolution giving our President permission to escalate the war in Vietnam.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
300
Republican who won the US Presidential election of 1968
Who is Richard Milhous Nixon?
300
the group that holds positions of influence or authority in a country or society
What is the Establishment?
400
the idea that if one country falls to communism, others in that region will follow
What is the domino theory?
400
a deadly chemical dropped on North Vietnam jungles to destroy vegetation, which was a hiding place for enemy forces
What is Agent Orange?
400
the university where National Guard troops shot and killed 4 young people during a student demonstration
What is Kent State University?
400
Democrat who may have won the nomination for President in 1968, but was assassinated in Los Angeles
Who is Robert Kennedy?
400
a surprise attack by the North Vietnamese during a holiday in which South Vietnamese cities and the US Embassy in Saigon were attacked
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
a rapid increase
What is escalation?
500
the capital of South Vietnam that fell to the communists in 1975
What is Saigon?
500
city where the Democrats held their convention in 1968 amid many protests
What is Chicago?
500
Communist leader of North Vietnam; the capital of South Vietnam was re-named for him after the war.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
500
Nixon's idea to reduce the number of American troops in Vietnam by supplying and training the South Vietnamese army to take over the fighting
What is Vietnamization?