Causes
This theory stated that if one country fell to Communism, neighboring countries would too.
What is Domino Theory?
He was the communist leader of North Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This resolution gave the president of the United States broad military powers and the ability to move troops without Congressional approval.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
These people were against the war in Vietnam and were often called this.
U.S. Foreign policy during the Cold War focused on stopping the spread of this ideology.
What is Communism?
American involvement in the Vietnam conflict ended with this president.
Who is Richard Nixon?
Vietnam was a colony of this European country before World War II.
What is France?
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This 1968 surprise offensive attack by the Viet Cong was a turning point in public support for the war.
These documents were leaked out of the State Department, revealing how multiple administrations misled the public on the conflict in Vietnam.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
What is Vietnamization?
Many returning veterans suffered from this mental health condition, though it wasn't well understood at the time.
What is PTSD?
The U.S. supported this South Vietnamese leader despite his unpopularity and cruelty to the majority Buddhist population.
Who is Ngo Dinh Diem?
He was the U.S. Secretary of State who helped negotiate the end of the U.S. involvement in the war.
Who is Henry Kissinger?
This village was the site of a 1968 massacre of 500+ civilians by American soldiers.
What is My Lai?
This person was a well-known POW and was released as a result of the end of the conflict in Vietnam. He eventually ran for President in 2008.
Who is John McCain?
This tactic used by the Nixon administration during detente, a process of improving relations with the Soviet Union and China to ease Cold War tensions, to convince them to stop sending military aid to North Vietnam.
What is Linkage?
The Vietnam War added to the growing mistrust between the public and the Federal Government contributing to this.
What is the Credibility Gap?
The U.S. began sending military advisors during this President's administration to help the South against the North Vietnamese.
Who is President Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Ho Chi Minh sent a letter to this U.S. president after World War II asking him to help Vietnam become a free and independent nation.
Who is Harry Truman?
The 1970 U.S. invasion of Cambodia sparked massive protests at these two college campuses, resulting in the deaths of six college students.
What are Kent State and Jackson State College?
This Democratic senator and presidential candidate was an outspoken critic of the war before he was assassinated in 1968.
Who is Robert "Bobby" F. Kennedy?
Congress passed the 1973 act to limit presidential war powers after Nixon expanded the war in Vietnam.
What is the War Powers Act?
This young graduate student from Yale designed the Vietnam Veterans' War Memorial.
Who is Maya Lin?
The country of Vietnam was divided at the 17th Parallel as a result of a meeting in Europe between North, South Vietnam, and France.
What are the Geneva Accords?
He was Nixon's Vice President who resigned during the war years as a result of corruption and tax evasion.
Who is Spiro Agnew?
The United States and the North Vietnamese governments agreed to a cease fire and exchange of American POWs at this meeting.
What are the Paris Peace Accords?
He was a folk singer who wrote many anti-war songs, including "Blowin' in the Wind."
Who is Bob Dylan?
This doctrine was created to send financial aid to foreign countries to stop the spread of communism, specifically Turkey and Greece.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
While Gerald Ford was president, this capital city fell to the Viet Cong in 1975, leading to a mass evacuation.
What is Saigon?
This president expanded the war into Cambodia and Laos to attack the North Vietnamese supply line.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This Lieutenant was charged with the massacre of a South Vietnamese village in which he was the commanding officer during the Vietnam Conflict.
Who is Lt. Calley?
This battle led to the Geneva Accords and France withdrawing from Vietnam.
What is the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?
Professors and college students from around the country participated in these to solidify the opposition to the Vietnam War.
What are Teach-ins?
What is the Marshall Plan?
This is the number of American soldiers killed in Vietnam.
What is 58,000?