Nixon and Vietnam
What was President Nixon’s strategy called that combined withdrawing U.S. troops while increasing South Vietnamese responsibility?
Vietnamization
Name two groups (labels) into which Americans were commonly divided over Vietnam policy.
Doves and Hawks
What surprise campaign by North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces struck cities and bases across South Vietnam beginning January 30, 1968?
Tet Offensive
Who was the U.S. Secretary of Defense strongly associated with the early escalation in Vietnam (advised Johnson to send more troops)?
Robert McNamara
What medical diagnosis became commonly used to describe veterans who had traumatic experiences in combat and had trouble readjusting?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Who was Nixon’s National Security Advisor who helped negotiate an end to the war?
Henry Kissinger
What massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers, revealed in 1969, horrified the American public and weakened support for the war?
My Lai Massacre
In what year were the Paris Peace Accords signed that led to the withdrawal of U.S. troops?
1973
South Vietnamese communist guerrillas fighting against the South Vietnamese government and U.S. forces.
Vietcong
This Women's Rights Activist wrote the "Feminine Mystique".
Betty Friedan
Dwight Eisenhower
Describe one common form of protest college students used against the Vietnam War.
Campus sit-ins, teach-ins, marches, burning draft cards.
What 1970 campus event at a Midwestern university turned deadly when the National Guard fired on student protesters?
Kent State Massacre
By 1964, there were less than 10,000 troops in Vietnam. By 1965, that number had risen to?
Nearly 200,000
The American troops were being evacuated from Vietnam, but Nixon gave this final command which brought America back into the War.
Bombing Cambodia
During 1959, Nixon met with the Soviet Union to discuss technological advancements in an event titled?
The Kitchen Debates
What congressional action gave Johnson approval to strike the North Vietnamese?
The Tonkin Gulf Resolution
In what year were the last troops withdrawn from Vietnam? (Hint: Saigon)
1975
What was enacted to enlist troops to serve in the US military?
The Draft or Selective Service Act
This nation placed nuclear weapons off the coast of America causing this conflict.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What was Nixon's Vietnam Policy? (Hint: It's a quote)
Get our boys/troops home.
Explain how returning Vietnam veterans were generally received by many Americans and one consequence veterans faced at home.
Cold Hostility, Shame, Social Rejection, Unemployment, or Mental Health Struggles
This President died on Nov. 22, 1963.
John F. Kennedy
A 19 year old, college student majoring in Microbiology has the draft number 024. What must he do?
He does have to report, but his college career will exempt him from the draft.
This musician died at the age of 27, he was a Vietnam veteran and publicly denounced the actions in Vietnam with his famous rendition of the National Anthem.
Jimi Hendrix