The Geneva Accords divided Vietnam into North and South Vietnam along what line of latitude?
What is the 17th parallel?
100
He was president from 1961 to 1963
Who was John F. Kennedy?
100
One of these statements would be made by a dove.
a. Defeating communism is our top priority in Vietnam
b. I'm concerned that money for social programs is taking away money for the war.
c. The graphic coverage on TV each night makes me wonder why we are fighting in Vietnam.
What is statement c?
100
Nixon's strategy to frighten the North Vietnamese to the negotiating table by threatening to use atomic weapons.
What is the Madman Theory?
100
This is a black granite monument with the names of the 58,000 U.S. personnel who died in Vietnam.
What is the Vietnam War Memorial?
200
The name of France's colony in Southeast Asia.
What is French Indochina?
200
One of these statements is not true about the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
a. two U.S. ships were severely damaged in the Tonkin Gulf incident.
b. it allowed Johnson to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam
c. it was rushed though Congress
What is statement a?
200
Antiwar protests sparked by Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia led to the shooting deaths of 4 college students at this college.
What is Kent State?
200
Nixon withdrew U.S. troops from Vietnam after he was elected in 1968, but he also did this, which many regarded as an escalation of the war.
What is bombing Laos and Cambodia?
200
He was the Vietnamese nationalist and communist leader who wanted an independent and united Vietnam.
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
300
The capitol city of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1975
What is Hanoi?
300
This gave President Johnson the power to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the united States."
What is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
300
He was president from 1963 to 1968.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
300
He was president from 1969 to 1974.
Who was Richard Nixon?
300
Soldiers who are not accounted for.
What is MIA?
400
He was president from 1945 to 1953.
Who was Truman?
400
Part of U.S. strategy in Vietnam involved U.S. troops hunting for enemy camps and using massive firepower to destroy them.
What is search and destroy missions?
400
Pick the statement that is a main reason Nixon was re-elected in 1972.
a. A majority of U.S. voters in 1972 were afraid of continued war protests and disorder.
b. Most Americans supported his war efforts.
c. He appealed to young voters.
What is statement A?
400
Nixon ordered this in order to spy on some of his staff members and news reporters.
What are wire-taps?
400
The guerilla forces for the National Liberation Front in Vietnam.
What is the Vietcong?
500
Ho Chi Minh declared this country independent from the French in 1945
What is the Democratic Republic of Vietnam?
500
A surprise Vietcong and North Vietnamese attack on South Vietnam that led many Americans to doubt that the U.S. was winning in Vietnam. This lessening of voter support led President Johnson to withdraw from the 1968 election.
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
Secret documents leaked to the New York Times that showed how the U.S. government had been misleading the U.S. public for years about the progress of the war in Vietnam.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
500
He was president from 1974 to 1977. He became president when Richard Nixon resigned.
Who was Gerald Ford?
500
The peace agreement between North Vietnam and the U.S. where the U.S. withdrew all troops from Vietnam, U.S. POW's were returned, and a Vietnamese demilitarized zone was established.