Early Vietnam & French Indochina
This was the name of the French colony that included Vietnam until 1954.
French Indochina
The Truman Doctrine, which advocated for containing communism, was the policy of this country.
United States
The victims of the My Lai Massacre were this group of people.
Vietnamese Civilians
This group launched the Tet Offensive in 1968.
The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army
The Paris Peace Accords, which aimed to end the Vietnam War, were signed in this year
1973
This group of people were associated with free spirited, communal living, artistic expression and, like, drugs, man.
Hippies
This President in in power when the draft is instituted
Johnson
The fighting in the First Indochina War initially began with this type of combat.
Guerilla Attacks (not Gorilla 🦍)
This U.S. president initially sent MAAG to Vietnam.
Harry Truman
The tumultuous 1968 political convention in Chicago was held by this party.
Democrats
The most significant consequence of the Tet Offensive was its impact on this.
American opinions of U.S. dominance/the war's progress
This law reversed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1973.
The War Powers Act
Draft board raids
This President puts his weight behind Diem early in the process of American support of South Vietnam
Eisenhower
This leader of the Viet Minh became North Vietnam's leader during the Vietnam War.
Ho Chi Minh
This 1959 attack on MAAG soldiers led to Americans being allowed to carry weapons — and the first American deaths in Vietnam.
The Attack on Bien Hoa
Four students were killed by National Guard troops at this university in 1970.
Kent State University
This president became so associated with the war that people called it "his war."
Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ)
When OPEC placed an oil embargo on the U.S., this was the primary outcome.
Runaway inflation and major loss of blue collar jobs
This Democrat, who lost handily to Nixon, was a history professor and staunch anti-war politicians
George McGovern
This President vetos the War Powers Act of 1973 — before his veto is overridden.
This battle ended French occupation of Indochina.
Dien Bien Phu
This document authorized the president to use armed force to defend American soldiers and assets in Southeast Asia.
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This classified report revealed how presidents misled the public about the Vietnam War.
The Pentagon Papers
The draft lottery of 1969 was introduced primarily for this reason.
To make the selection process more fair/impartial
This president was in office during the fall of South Vietnam.
Gerald Ford
This major music festival saw thousands of young people come out and listen to the popular protest music of the day.
Woodstock
Which President decides to not assist South Vietnam in 1975
Ford
Besides Vietnam, this other nation was also split North/South under the 1954 Geneva Accords.
Korea
"Cable 243" revealed President Kennedy's willingness to do this regarding South Vietnam's leader.
Support a coup of Diem if he didn't remove his brother Nhu from leadership
Nixon's plan to draw down troops and hand the war over to South Vietnam was called this.
Vietnamization
Journalism (particularly television Journalism) had this effect on the popularity of the war.
It become unpopular over time.
Nixon's famous "...If the president does it it's not illegal" statement is most directly connected to this event.
The Watergate Scandal
This marijuana-flag-toting offshoot of Hippies were a bit more in-your-face anti-war anarchists.
Yippies
Which President was arguably the first to involve the U.S. in Vietnam?
Truman