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 name for the guerilla fighting force (primarily composed of South Vietnamese communist fighters) who fought against the South Vietnamese and the US forces during the war.

Viet Cong

100

 a gradual and sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States 2nd Air Division, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Vietnam Air Force against North Vietnam

Operation Rolling Thunder

100

Who always said "Life's like a box of chocolate. You never know what you're gonna get"

Momma or Forest's Momma

100

The man who is said to have assassinated JFK?

Lee Harvey Oswald

200

This term primarily referred to the power asserted by Presidents LBJ and Nixon to withhold information related to the war from congress. 

Executive Privilege

200

The movement form the early 60's through the 70's, categorized a group of people know as "hippies" who opposed the war in Vietnam, commercialism and overall establishment of societal norms

Counter Culutre Movement

200

The man who would win the presidential election of 1968 and later be impeached. 

Richard Nixon

200

These papers were leaked and showed that every presidential administration from Harry Truman's to Lyndon Johnson's had misled the American public about what the United States was doing in Vietnam and the likelihood of military success there.

Pentagon Papers

300

a series of of domestic programs enacted by LBJ in the US from 1964-1968, with the goals of totally eliminating poverty and racial injustice

The Great Society

300

event where members of a group associated with Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign, broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters to steal campaign plans and plant listening devices

Watergate Scandal

300

Name of the man who got the assassination of JFK on film.

Hint: Frame 313

Zapruder

300

This term referred to fighting poverty in the US in relation to the Great Society Programs. 

The War on Poverty

400
The idea that if south Vietnam fell to communist forces, the neighboring countries like Laos and Cambodia would fall to communism as well. 

Domino Theory

400

a series of coordinated attacks by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces during the Vietnamese New Year in January 1968, was a turning point in the Vietnam War, though a military defeat for the North, it significantly eroded American public support for the war

The Tet Offensive

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The president who was never elected, that would choose to Pardon Nixon even though it would hurt his chances at re-election. 

Gerald Ford

400

This act ensured that the president would consult congress before committing troops in extended conflicts

War Powers Act

500
The US gradually withdrew its combat troops from South Vietnam while simultaneously training and equipping the South Vietnamese military to take over the primary fighting

Vietnamization

500

the event where unarmed Vietnamese civilians were massacred by U.S. troops

the My Lai Massacre

500

Special Assistant for National Security Affairs who would be the negotiator with North Vietnam

Kissinger

500

This trail was a network of roads and paths that connected North Vietnam to South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia during the Vietnam War. It was a vital supply route for the North Vietnamese and their allies. 

Ho Chi Minh Trail