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100
Fear that if one Southeast Asian nation fell to communism, others would also fall.
What is the Domino Theory?
100

The name of North Vietnamese soldiers who used Guerilla Warfare tactics to ambush U.S. troops in the jungles of Vietnam

Who are the Viet Cong
100

Terms used to describe citizens who were for and against the war.

What are Hawks and Doves?

100

Leader of North Vietnam

Who is Ho Chi Mihn?

100

This political ideology's response to the 1960s counterculture included a push for "law and order," traditional family values, and support for U.S. military involvement in Vietnam.



What is the Conservative response

200
This European country held Vietnam as part of their imperial power until 1954.
What is France?
200
A surprise attack of the North Vietnamese on key Southern cities during Lunar New Year.
What is the Tet Offensive?
200

What was the name of the process where US soldiers were selected to fight in Vietnam?

What is the Draft

200

In the beginning stages of the war, this president increased the military advisers to Vietnam to around 16,000.

Who is President John F. Kennedy

200

Published in 1963, this groundbreaking book by Betty Friedan challenged the notion that women could find fulfillment only through homemaking and motherhood.


What is the Feminine mystique

300

North Vietnam's communists soldiers used this style of fighting to combat the superior US military 

What is Guerilla Warfare

300

was a sustained bombing campaign conducted by the United States against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, lasting from March 1965 to November 1968.

What is Operation Rolling Thunder

300

A social movement primarily led by white, middle-class youth who rejected mainstream American values, especially

What is the Counterculture movement

300

President _______ began dispatching tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers to fight in Vietnam in 1965

Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson

300

This term described the growing public distrust in the U.S. government during the Vietnam War, as official statements increasingly conflicted with what Americans saw on the news.



What is the Credibility Gap 

400

The name for the line that divides North and South Vietnam

What is the DMZ

400
Herbicide that has left a last affect on the people, animals, and terrain of Vietnam
What is Agent Orange?
400
Violence between students and National guardsmen at this university brought more attention to the anti-war cause.
What is Kent State University?
400

He led non-communist South Vietnam until he was assassinated.

Whois Ngo Din Diem?

400

This 1963 crisis involved widespread protests by Buddhists in South Vietnam against the U.S.-backed Diem regime, known for its religious discrimination and brutal crackdowns.


What is the Buddhist Crisis

500
Johnson gained super-presidential powers with the passing of this resolution.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
500
Onslaught against villagers by US troops, frustrated by the circumstances of the war in Vietnam.
What is the Massacre at My Lai?
500

Young political party that believed that problems such as poverty and racism called for radical changes.

What is the New Left?

500

This U.S. President was elected in 1969 and began the US policy of Vietnamization (pulling troops out of Vietnam) and effectively ended the war

Who is President Richard Nixon

500

This military strategy, adopted under President Kennedy, aimed to provide the U.S. with a range of options—beyond just nuclear weapons—to respond to communist threats, including in Vietnam.



What is Flexible Response