Key Figures
The U.S. lieutenant in charge of the unit that carried out the My Lai Massacre.
William Calley
The 1954 agreement that divided Vietnam into North and South.
Geneva Accords
Nixon's policy of shifting the military burden of the war back to South Vietnam, making it a "Vietnam problem."
Vietnamization
A type of irregular warfare using hit-and-run attacks, ambushes, and surprise raids
Guerrilla Warfare
He was called the most trusted man in America
Walter Cronkite
This Vietnam veteran testified before Congress in 1971, arguing that Vietnamese civilians didn't even know the difference between communism and democracy.
John Kerry
Cronkite gives his opinion on the Vietnam War during this escalation, in which the severity of war was revealed to Americans on their televisions at home.
Tet Offensive
President Johnson's domestic vision that aimed to address poverty, education, and healthcare through expanded federal programs.
Great Society
This chemical agent, when used, can burn up to 2000 degrees F
Napalm
Pro-Vietnam nationalist group created by Ho Chi Minh to fight off Japanese colonialism
Vietminh
This carbonated, diet, silver-canned beverage is sitting in my fridge at home right now.
Diet Coke
The leaked government documents that revealed the U.S. government's secret and deceptive involvement in Vietnam
Pentagon Papers
Nixon expanded the war into these two countries in order to cut off NVA supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail
Cambodia & Laos
Who was the first one seed to lose in this years March Madness mens basketball tournament?
Florida
Nixon expanded the war in 1970, triggering widespread protests on American college campuses, most famously at this university in Ohio.
Kent State
This former Pentagon employee leaked top secret, sensitive information to the public in 1971 about the war (full name!)
Daniel Ellsberg
Ho Chi Minh City used to be called....
Saigon
What is the capital city of Illinois?
Springfield
The U.S. aerial bombing campaign aimed at weakening North Vietnam's ability to supply and reinforce
Operation Rolling Thunder
The FULL name of the war fought between France and Vietnam
The First Indochina War
This leader of the sixties called the war "an enemy of the poor", and a moral crisis that diverted resources from domestic social programs.
Dr. King
The full truth of what happened here in 1964 was later revealed to be misleading.
Gulf of Tonkin
The U.S. Cold War strategy designed to prevent the spread of communism that guided American involvement in Vietnam.
Containment
Kennedy compared the deployment of these to drinking alcohol ..."...The effect wears off, and you have to take another one"
Military Advisors
Who was President of the United States during the Geneva Accords?