Vietnam 101
What was the US's main goal in Vietnam?
To stop the spread of communism.
Who did US help after WW II in efforts to keep control of Vietnam?
France
President who used the Tonkin Gulf incident as an excuse to deepen US involvement in the Vietnam War
Lyndon Johnson
Communist leader of the Vietnamese struggle against the French, the Japanese, and the Americans
Ho Chi Minh
In the 1968 presidential campaign, which of the following candidates would a dove most likely have favored?
Eugene McCarthy
Served as the commander of US troops in Vietnam?
Westmoreland
What enabled North Vietnam to send troops to South Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Vietnamese forces that were supported by American troops
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
US president responsible for the Vietnamization of the war
Richard Nixon
Why did Congress pass the War Powers Act?
to limit the president's authority to wage war
In the early years of the war, a young man could automatically be deferred from the draft by...
- getting married
- getting a job
- enrolling in college
- becoming a conscientious objector
enrolling in college
To restrict the power of the president
Americans who supported strong US military efforts in Vietnam
Hawks
Communist group that took control of Cambodia in 1975
Khmer Rouge
What was the main purpose of introducing the "body count?"
to persuade Americans that a Vietcong surrender was imminent
When did the US invade Cambodia?
1968
__________ was founded by Tom Hayden and Al Haber, charged that corporations and large government institutions had take over America.
Students for a Democratic Society
Top US negotiator in Vietnam during Nixon's presidency
Henry Kissinger
political organization whose goal was to win Vietnam's independence from foreign rule
What was Martin Luther King's opinion about African American troops in the Vietnam War?
He believed it was unfair that they were fighting for a country that treated them unfairly at home.
What set off the first general student strike in US history?
The invasion of Cambodia
___________________ was/were most effective in convincing the American public that the war was not winnable.
The Tet Offensive
South Vietnamese citizens who fought against the South Vietnamese government and American forces
Vietcong
organization led by Mario Savio that focused its criticism on the nation's faceless and powerful institutions
Free Speech Movement
What is it called when there is a belief that if one country falls to communism, other regions will fall too?
Domino Theory