Pre-Vietnam War
Vietnam had been a colony of this country before World War II
What is France
The main motivation for U.S. involvement in the war.
What is preventing the spread of communism?
The Vietcong liked to use these three methods of waging war.
What are surprise attack, land mines, booby-traps?
This was a nationwide attack by North Vietnam on more than 100 cities and towns throughout South Vietnam.
What was the Tet Offensive?
Passed to limit the president's ability to send troops into combat.
What is the War Powers Act?
This person organized the Communist Party in Vietnam to defeat the French
Who is Ho Chi Minh
President Johnson announced that the North Vietnamese had attacked U.S. ships in international water
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
The U.S. used this herbicide to destroy the jungle.
What is Agent Orange?
This U.S. soldier from Texas was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving eight people's lives while under constant enemy fire during the Tet Offensive.
Who was Roy Venavidez?
President Nixon's plan to remove U.S. troops and turn the fighting over to the South Vietnamese.
What is Vietminization?
Vietnam was divided into these two areas by the Geneva Accords
What is Communist-controlled North Vietnam and Pro-Western South Vietnam
This is known as the Kent State incident.
What is four students were killed by National Guardsmen who were called out to preserve order on campus after days of anti-Nixon/anti-war protests.
A sticky, gasoline-based substance that burns.
What is napalm?
The Tet Offensive showed this to the American people.
What is that an American victory was far away and that the Vietcong were a real threat?
The Credibility Gap was caused by this.
What is President Johnson told Americans we were winning the war but they could see on TV that this wasn't true?
This was the name of the South Vietnamese Communists
Who were the Vietcong
Congress gave the president greatly expanded powers to send troops into combat without approval from Congress
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This is what the Pentagon Papers was about.
What is the American public found out that several presidents had lied about various aspects of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
America left Vietnam in 1973 under these conditions.
What is the U.S. would remove all troops but North Vietnam troops would remain in the south, North Vietnam would continue fighting?
This lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years old.
What is the 26th Amendment?
Fear that if one country fell, other countries would fall to Communism.
What is Domino Theory?
Young American protested the war by doing these things.
What is refusing to register for the draft, burning their draft cards, marches, and demostrations?
These were some of the long-lasting effects the U.S. military's use of Agent Orange and Napalm.
What is millions of people were exposed, hundreds of thousands of people died, suffered disabilities, and were born with birth defects.
During this battle, North Vietnam defeats the South, capturing its capital and renaming it Ho Chi Minh City.
What is the Fall of Siagon?
President Nixon said this was the Silent Majority.
What are Americans who supported U.S. involvement in the war but were quiet about it and who Nixon said helped reelect him?