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Where is Vietnam on the map?
Southeast Asia
What was one of the most common materials used to make Viet Cong booby traps?
Who ruled North Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
What was the main reason the United States became involved in the Vietnam War?
To stop the spread of Communism
How did Ho Chi Minh supply the Viet Cong with weapons?
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Name a factor turned the Vietnamese peasants against American troops.
Napalm, Agent Orange, Search-and-destroy missions
Men of what ages were required to register for the draft?
18-26
What was the peace agreement that split Vietnam into two?
Geneva Accords
The name of the U.S. military strategy that aimed to locate and destroy enemy forces in South Vietnam.
Search-and-destroy missions
A way Americans protested the Vietnam War.
Burning draft cars, fleeing to Canada, making protest songs, sit-ins
The offensive that the Viet Cong rebels launch a massive attack during a holiday truce.
Tet Offensive
President after Lyndon B Johnson.
Richard Nixon
The gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops and the South Vietnamese doing most of the fighting.
Vietnamization
The primary target of the U.S. soldiers in My Lai.
Unarmed South Vietnamese civilians
The result of the Vietnam War for the Americans
Stalemate
In 1975 how did the Vietnam War end for the Vietnamese?
Saigon fell to North Vietnam and South Vietnam surrendered
Vietnam War veterans treatment when returning home to the United States
They were met with indifference or hostility due to growing anti-war sentiment
Viet Minh’s main goal.
Achieve independence
Most common way to avoid the draft.
Attend college
Those who wanted the U.S. to withdraw from the war.
Doves
Mainstream Americans who quietly supported the president's strategy in Vietnam
Silent Majority
South Vietnamese military forces
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
War Powers Act of 1973 designed to...
Require Congress to approve military action
Three factors that did not allow the U.S. to achieve a quick victory in Vietnam.
Viet Cong fighting style, Viet Cong refusal to surrender, America's inability to win support from Vietnamese peasants.
An apparent difference between what is said or promised and what happens or is true.
Credibility gap