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What were the North Vietnamese soldiers called?
Viet Minh
What were the South Vietnamese communist guerrilla fighters called?
Viet Cong
People who opposed fighting the war on moral or religious grounds were known as what?
Conscientious Objectors
Who would become the leader of Communist North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Who was the first president of South Vietnam that would be killed in coup?
Ngo Dinh Diem
What was the brutal killing of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers, which became a symbol of the war’s atrocities and further galvanized anti-war sentiment?
My Lai Massacre
Where was the U.S. Navy allegedly attacked and led to the vast escalation in U.S. presence in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin
What religion did the majority of Vietnamese belong to?
Buddhism
The Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army launched what major counterattack during a Vietnamese holiday that led to a decrease in support for the Vietnam War?
Tet Offensive
What was the name of the Communist supply line that ran from North Vietnam to South Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
What temporarily divided Vietnam into Communist North and Democratic South Vietnam?
The Geneva Accords
What was the policy initiated by President Richard Nixon, aimed to gradually withdraw US troops from Vietnam while strengthening the South Vietnamese military to take over?
Vietnamization
The U.S. campaign of aerial bombardment against North Vietnam was known as what?
According to what Cold War philosophy did the U.S. believe that, if Vietnam fell to communism, all of southeastern Asia would fall to communism?
Domino Theory
Who was the commander of U.S. forces for the majority of the Vietnam War?
William Westmoreland
Who was the only U.S. soldier to be prosecuted for war atrocities of killing civilians?
William Calley
What battle marked the end of the European colonial rule and significantly influenced future U.S. involvement?
Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Who was the National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under President Nixon that was instrumental in the U.S. withdraw from Vietnam?
Henry Kissinger
Who was the U.S. Secretary of Defense that made many key decision at the start of the Vietnam War?
Robert McNamara
President Kennedy’s policy in Vietnam was to do what?
Increase the number of American military advisors
Who supposedly played a crucial role on behalf of Richard Nixon, in seeking to delay the Vietnam War peace negotiations, in order to boost Nixon's chances for victory?
Anna Chennault
What was the single bloodiest battle of Vietnam?
Battle of Hue
The strategy used by the Viet Cong was based on what?
Outlast the American will to fight in Vietnam.
What congressional action gave President Johnson the authority to escalate the Vietnam War?
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolutions
Who was the de facto 1st Lady of South Vietnam during Diem’s regime?
Madame Nhu