Origins of the War
Prior to World War II Vietnam had been part of "Indochina" a colony of this European nation.
What is France?
This U. S. President sent more troops to Vietnam than any other.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
This infamous supply line passed from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through the mountains and jungle of Cambodia and Laos.
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
She wrote the Feminine Mystique and was a founder of the National Organization of Women.
Who was Betty Freidan?
After WWII Vietnam was temporarily divided into North (Communist) and South (Democratic) by this peace treaty.
What were the Geneva Accords?
This U. S. President coined the term "Vietnamization" as part of his campaign in 1968.
Who was Richard Nixon?
This infamous chemical defoliant was used extensively by the U. S. military to clear the jungles in South Vietnam.
What was Agent Orange?
The contentious and chaotic Democratic National Convention of 1968 took place in this city.
What is Chicago?
Who was Cesar Chavez?
This was the term Eisenhower used to describe his fear of China and North Vietnam pushing communism into Laos and Cambodia.
What is the domino effect?
Who was William Westmoreland?
This attack by the Vietcong during Lunar New Year was logistically a failure but turned the American public against the war.
What was the Tet Offensive?
The bombing of Cambodia led to protests at this University where the National Guard fired on an killed college student protesters.
What was Kent State?
A standoff between members of AIM and the FBI took place at this site of a former massacre by U. S. troops.
What was Wounded Knee?
What is Dien Bien Phu?
He was a Department of Defense analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the American press.
Who was Daniel Ellsberg?
This was the former name of capital of South Vietnam - now Ho Chi Minh city.
What is Saigon?
Political "doves" in 1968 would have likely supported this presidential candidate.
Who was Eugene McCarthy?
This group was created to give Latino peoples in the U.S. a bigger voice in American politics.
What is La Raza Unida?
This act of Congress gave President Johnson (and Nixon after him) broad authority to use the military in Vietnam.
What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
He was the pro-Capitalist, Christian (and anti-Buddhist) leader of South Vietnam.
Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?
This 2nd Lt. was the highest ranking officer charged with a crime for the My Lai Massacre - which killed (and raped before killing) between 300-500 Vietnamese women, children, and the elderly.
Bonus for guessing how he was punished after being found guilty of 22 murders.
Who was Lt. William Calley?
He was the "nominee" for president proposed by the Youth International Party in 1968 who famously said "If he doesn't win the nomination at least we can eat him for breakfast."
Who was Pigasus the Immortal?
"Tune in, turn on, drop out." This is a quote from a famous counterculture icon and Harvard philosophy professor.
Who was Timothy Leary?