Background
This global conflict set the stage for the Vietnam War.
What is the Cold War?
The war was mainly caused by tension between these two systems.
What are communism and democracy?
This major surprise attack happened in 1968.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This chemical caused birth defects and health problems.
What is Agent Orange?
This side won the Vietnam War.
What is North Vietnam?
Vietnam was controlled by this European country before 1954.
What is France?
This theory said communism would spread if one country fell.
What is the Domino Theory?
The Tet Offensive took place during this Vietnamese holiday.
What is Tet (Vietnamese New Year)?
This weapon burned villages and people.
What is napalm?
Saigon was renamed this after the war.
What is Ho Chi Minh City?
This line divided North and South Vietnam.
What is the 17th parallel?
This communist group fought in South Vietnam.
Who were the Viet Cong?
More than this many cities and towns were attacked during Tet.
What is over 100?
This 1968 massacre involved U.S. soldiers killing civilians.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
More than this many U.S. soldiers were killed.
What is 58,000?
This leader ruled communist North Vietnam.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
Political corruption weakened this side of Vietnam.
What is South Vietnam?
This 1973 agreement led to U.S. troops leaving Vietnam.
What are the Paris Peace Accords?
This type of warfare often put civilians in danger.
What is guerrilla warfare?
The U.S. became more ____ about joining future wars.
What is careful?
These two countries supported North Vietnam.
What are China and the Soviet Union?
This 1964 incident caused the U.S. to send more troops.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
The war officially ended after this city fell in 1975.
What is Saigon?
About this many civilians died during the war.
What is 2 to 3 million?
According to us, the war was not morally justified because the human ____ was too high.
What is cost?