People
Which US president first sent combat troops to Vietnam?
Lyndon B. Johnson
What is napalm?
Jellied form of gasoline that explodes on contact.
What finally revealed the real state of the Vietnam War to American citizens? Under which president was it revealed?
The Pentagon Papers that were released under Richard Nixon
What was the fall of the Berlin Wall?
The removal of the wall in Berlin between communist Soviet Union control and democratic United States control.
What is a teach in?
What group was a communist-led army and utilized guerilla warfare?
Viet Cong
What led to generational birth defects decades after the Vietnam War?
Agent Orange gas being released in Vietnam.
What were the Geneva Accords?
A temporary division along the 17th parallel of Vietnam.
Who would have been the next US democratic presidential candidate during the Vietnam War if they were not assassinated?
Robert Kennedy
What is the domino theory?
The fear that communist Vietnam would lead to other Southeast Asian communist governments.
Which Vietnamese leader discriminated against Buddhists?
Ngo Dinh Diem
What was the most common assault rifle used during the war?
M-16
Why did Truman help France during the Vietnam War?
1. China fell to communism 2. the outbreak of the Korean War
What was My Lai?
A massacre of South Vietnamese citizens by United States troops.
What provided ammunition and weapons for Viet Cong troops?
The Ho Chi Minh trail
Who was the Secretary of Defense under JFK & LBJ during the Vietnam War?
Robert McNamara
What strategies did the Viet Cong use to attack the American soldiers?
Guerilla warfare
What is the Tet Offensive? When was it?
It was a campaign of surprise attacks launched against the United States in South Vietnam on military commands and control centers along South Vietnam. It was during Vietnamese New Year.
What happened during Operation Rolling Thunder?
Which amendment was added during the Vietnam War? What was it?
The 26th amendment.
People are now allowed to vote at 18 years old.
Who was also known as Nguyen Ai Quoc?
Ho Chi Minh
Who used the MiG? Who used the Sabre Jet?
MiG: North Vietnam
Sabre Jet: United States
What happened at the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Congress gave President Johnson the ability to take any measures he believed were necessary to retaliate and promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia.
What significance did the 26th amendment have during the war?
US citizens said if they were old enough to be drafted into war, they were old enough to vote, which eventually convinced the US government to change the legal voting age to 18 years old.
What are hawks & doves in the US?
Hawks: wanted to step up and fight
Doves: wanted to slow the fighting