What style of warfare used by North Vietnam during the war neutralized the USA's significant advantage in most traditional military areas?
Guerilla Warfare
100
What product, designed and used by the US military during the Vietnam War, consisted of a sticky substance that would burn slowly and cause intense pain and suffering?
Napalm
100
What American is often given credit for bringing the Cold War to an end?
Ronald Reagan
100
The conflict of ideas between what two world superpowers was the driving for behind the Cold War?
The United States (USA) and the Soviet Union (USSR)
100
What was the goal of the United States when it tried to keep Chairman Mao out of power in China?
We were trying to prevent China from becoming a communist nation.
200
What product, designed and used by the US military during the Vietnam War, was created for the purpose of killing off the dense jungles in the area so the enemy couldn't hide there anymore?
Agent Orange
200
What impact did television and news coverage of the Vietnam War have on the American people?
The images of violence Americans saw regularly helped turn the majority of Americans against the war.
200
What American president started the Peace Corps with the hope that it would promote positive relations with other countries?
John Kennedy
200
This term describes a person who usually wants to avoid war at all costs. These people traditionally, but not always, vote for Democratic Party candidates.
Dove
200
This term describes a person who is open to military conflict as a means of solving conflicts. These people traditionally, but not always, vote for Republican Party candidates.
Hawk
300
List three ways people who were drafted were able to avoid serving in the Vietnam War?
too many to list
300
What ended the My Lai Massacre?
An American helicopter pilot risked his life to protect the villagers.
300
What U.S. Senator is known for having mercilessly attacked his political enemies by accusing them of being communists?
Senator Joseph McCarthy
300
This term is used to describe the period of time after World War II when many Americans were extremely worried that communists had infiltrated our government.
The Red Scare
300
President Ronald Reagan's famous speech where he said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" led to the reunification of what European nation?
Germany
400
What documents proved that President Nixon had been dishonest with the American People about what was happening with the Vietnam War?
The Pentagon Papers
400
The American attack that resulted in more than 500 Vietnamese villagers being needlessly slaughtered is often referred to as what?
The My Lai Massacre
400
What Democratic Presidential candidate was likely on his way to victory in the 1968 presidential election prior to being assassinated?
Senator Robert Kennedy
400
What failed invasion of Cuba forced the USA to come to terms with the reality that the majority of Cubans had embraced communism?
The Bay of Pigs
400
What term can be defined as "when the truth about a situation is different than what the government is saying"?
Credibility Gap
500
What was the name of the important Supreme Court case from 1969 that ruled high school students could silently protest the Vietnam War while at school as long as there was no reason to believe it would be a distraction to the educational process?
Tinker vs Des Moines
500
In 1968 President Johnson had told the American people the North Vietnamese were close to defeat and were no longer capable of a major attack. What North Vietnamese military operation showed that President Johnson was incorrect?
The Tet Offensive
500
What American general was fired by President Harry Truman for publicly criticizing the president's views on the Korean War?
General Douglas MacArthur
500
What event is considered to be the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
500
The idea that the United States must support countries whose governments are threatened by communist takeover is known as what?